9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Hand Sanitizer False Advertising Claims

( July 15, 2025, 1:08 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a consumer’s putative class action suit accusing CVS Pharmacy Inc. and its affiliate of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by falsely claiming that a hand sanitizer product “kills 99% of germs,” writing that the label would not deceive a reasonable consumer....