9th Circuit Dismisses Appeal Of UCL Claims For Protein Misrepresentations

Mealey's (January 10, 2023, 9:13 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently granted appellants’ motion to voluntarily dismiss their challenge to the dismissal of their suit alleging violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) for allegedly illegal protein content claims, despite an appellee snack-maker’s opposition to dismissal in which it argued that the Ninth Circuit should resolve the dispute as the appellants’ counsel had filed a new suit against it alleging the same claims....