Split 9th Circuit Panel Reverses Dismissal Of UCL Claim In Baby Food Case

Mealey's (July 9, 2024, 8:52 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a couple’s putative class action lawsuit against a baby food maker for deceptively labeling its baby food pouches in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws, with one judge dissenting from the panel’s finding that federal law does not preempt the couple’s labeling requirement argument....