( February 16, 2023, 3:16 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The state of California filed an amicus curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals supporting a consumer’s bid for reversal of the dismissal of her 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,” writing that the court erred by dismissing the suit at the pleadings stage....