9th Circuit Vacates Denial Of Class Certification Of UCL Claim Against CVS

(July 31, 2023, 2:01 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 28 vacated a judge’s denial of class certification on claims that CVS Health and affiliates violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by selling a hand sanitizer product with a “kills 99% of germs” statement on the label and remanded for reconsideration of an expert witness’s report, while affirming the denial of certification for the plaintiff’s fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims....