Mealey's ( October 2, 2026, 1:35 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal magistrate judge granted in part a pasta maker’s motion to strike a plaintiffs’ expert witness evidence indicating consumer deception as “biased,” granted the company’s motion for summary judgment on claims accusing it of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by allegedly deceiving consumers into believing its pasta was made in Italy and denied as moot a defense motion to decertify the plaintiffs’ statewide class....