Mealey's (November 2, 2020, 11:04 AM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Oct. 29 declined a motion, filed after a recent Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, to alter or amend the judgment dismissing a putative class suit brought by consumers accusing Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL), false advertising law (FAL) and Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) with the labeling for its white baking chips that contain no chocolate (Linda Cheslow, et al. v. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, No. 19-7467, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 201963)....