Magistrate Judge Says Breach Of Contract Suit In Wet Wipes Dispute Is Timely

( August 6, 2026, 8:18 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal magistrate judge denied an American wet wipes reseller’s motion to dismiss a Chinese company’s breach of contract claim against it for terminating orders made during the coronavirus pandemic for 242,000 canisters of wet wipes but granted its motion to dismiss the claim against it for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL), which the judge said is foreclosed because the Chinese company’s breach of contract claim provides an adequate remedy at law....