Judge Dismisses UCL, FAL Claims Related To AARP’s Endorsement Of Policies

Mealey's (May 16, 2019, 8:33 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on May 14 granted a motion filed by insurers to dismiss claims for violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and false advertising law (FAL) in relation to the marketing and endorsement of insurance policies, holding that they failed to meet the particularity requirements under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) and that an alleged implied representation on the endorsed products was not an actionable representation (Simon Levay, et al. v. AARP Inc., et al., No. 17-09041, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81338)....