Mealey's (May 23, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 19 affirmed the dismissal of putative class claims against Apple Inc. for an alleged MacBook Pro screen defect, finding that claims against Apple for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and eight other states’ deceptive trade practice laws fail because the defect was not safety related and Apple did not violate its duty to disclose under California law....