9th Circuit Reverses Dismissal Of Suit Over ‘Wet Ones’ Germ-Killing Claims

(September 18, 2023, 10:50 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a consumer’s lawsuit claiming that a sanitary wipe product maker violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by falsely claiming that its product “Kills 99.99% of Germs,” finding that the court misconstrued the reasonable consumer standard....