Judge: Insurer Has Duty To Defend Cosmetics Company Against Consumer Fraud Suits

( December 11, 2025, 9:29 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California held that a commercial general liability insurer has a duty to defend its cosmetic company insured against three underlying putative class action lawsuits alleging that the insured deceptively sold beauty products by failing to disclose the dangerous risks and side effects of lash enhancement serums’ “key ingredient,” further concluding that the policy’s unfair competition exclusion does not bar coverage....