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October 16, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of U.K. citizens filed an opening brief urging the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a ruling dismissing with prejudice their putative class action against two companies that own and operate the “Honey” discount-finding browser extension for allegedly deceiving them into believing that it could help them save money on online purchases in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), writing that the trial court erred by dismissing their complaint.
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October 16, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge dismissed without prejudice an insured’s request for punitive damages in a coverage dispute stemming from vandalism of the insured’s property after determining that the insured failed to plausibly allege that the actions of the insurer’s agent are imputed to the insurer.
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October 15, 2026
SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Oct. 14 denied a ginger ale maker’s motion to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit brought by a consumer who says its ginger ales are misrepresented as “natural” and in fact allegedly contain synthetic citric acid, in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), finding that the plaintiff’s claims were sufficiently pleaded and not preempted.
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October 15, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — Consumers seeking to represent a class in a case challenging animal testing claims on John Paul Mitchell Systems (JPMS) hair product labels presented an insufficient proposed classwide damages model, a split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, vacating a class certification order and remanding for further proceedings.
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October 14, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge on Oct. 13 granted a motion for final approval of a $68 million settlement resolving class claims against Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. (collectively Google) for allegedly eavesdropping on Google Assistant (GA) users in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and privacy laws and granted the plaintiffs’ motion for more than $22 million in attorney fees but reduced the named plaintiffs’ service awards.
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October 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 13 denied a car manufacturer’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that the manufacturer claimed contributed to a circuit split regarding the enforceability of delegation clauses in arbitration agreements by nonsignatories, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit ruling affirming the denial of the manufacturer’s attempt to compel arbitration of class claims over an alleged headrest defect.
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October 08, 2026
LOS ANGELES — Insureds sued their homeowners insurer for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and violation of the California unfair competition law (UCL), alleging that the insurer, in concert with environmental consulting and testing companies, directed an investigation into their Palisades Wildfire claim “that repeatedly narrowed the scope of testing, ignored evidence of contamination in concealed and exterior areas, and proposed piecemeal remediation that could not restore the Property to its pre-loss condition.”
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October 06, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Oct. 5 adopted as final his tentative ruling granting two clothing companies’ motion to transfer to the Southern District of New York a putative class action brought against them by a consumer who accuses the companies of increasing their prices due to U.S. tariffs and then seeking refunds without reimbursing customers in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL).
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October 06, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — Relying heavily on the conclusions of a federal judge who remanded a case challenging Anthropic PBC’s alleged use of Reddit Inc. data to train its artificial intelligence despite instructions otherwise, a California judge largely denied a demurrer and said that California unfair competition law (UCL) and two other claims survived preemption and that Reddit could amend its complaint to cure defects in the unjust enrichment and trespass to chattels claims.
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October 05, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Oct. 2 denied California and several intervenors’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by the United States challenging California’s law regulating the production and sale of chicken eggs subject to enforcement under California’s unfair competition law (UCL), which the United States argues will raise egg prices nationwide and is preempted by a federal law governing egg products.
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October 05, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 5 invited the solicitor general to file a brief expressing the views of the United States on a petition challenging a split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s ruling stating that the National Bank Act (NBA) does not preempt a California state law requiring a minimum 2% interest on certain mortgage escrow accounts and affirming in part a more than $9 million judgment in favor of a class of escrow-holders, which the petitioner says was incorrect under high court precedent.
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October 02, 2026
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.
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October 01, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge granted Microsoft Corp.’s motion to dismiss federal antitrust claims brought by ChatGPT Plus subscribers who allege that Microsoft entered an agreement with OpenAI to provide it computational processing power (compute) that allegedly increased prices and worsened quality in the Consumer Generative AI (CGAI) market, denied Microsoft’s motion to compel arbitration and declined to dismiss the plaintiffs’ state law claims including for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL).
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October 01, 2026
Customers affected by oil prices filed two separate putative class complaints, one in New York federal court and one in Delaware federal court, accusing shale oil producers of violating antitrust laws and conspiring since 2021 to fix gas prices by allegedly coordinating “production decisions” and slowing production of shale oil from hydraulic fracturing to rates “that are lower than would be seen in a competitive market, despite high oil prices and healthy global demand.”
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September 30, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment against a pro se litigant and in favor of the bank and loan servicer that he accused of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by seeking collection of a “balloon payment loan” allegedly without adequate notice, writing that the litigant did not plausibly allege entitlement to any relief.
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September 30, 2026
SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Sept. 29 granted a fruit snack maker’s motion to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit against it for allegedly violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by labeling its gummy snacks as “Made with Real Fruit Juice,” finding that the product does contain pear concentrate and that a reasonable consumer would not be deceived by the label, and denied the plaintiff leave to amend.
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September 30, 2026
SHERMAN, Texas — Novo Nordisk Inc. is seeking a permanent injunction barring a compounding pharmacy from selling certain compounded semaglutide products, alleging in an amended complaint filed in a Texas federal court that the pharmacy gains an unfair competitive advantage by selling drugs that have not received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
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September 30, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A legal advocacy group filed suit Sept. 29 in a California court under the state’s unfair competition law seeking to enjoin OpenAI entities’ artificial intelligence models from accessing computers, networks or systems without authorization in the wake of allegations that the company’s AI agents hacked third-party websites.
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September 30, 2026
SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Sept. 29 granted a woman’s motion to certify a statewide class bringing claims against a tampon manufacturer for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by allegedly misrepresenting its tampons as safe when they in fact contained lead in its tampons and granted in part and denied in part a defense motion to exclude the plaintiff’s expert witness.
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September 30, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A trial court did not err when it denied a retailer’s request to compel members of a certified consumer class to arbitrate their claims in a case over bedding thread counts, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, finding that the retailer failed to provide proof that any individual class member accessed the exact webpages that appeared in screenshots provided by the retailer.
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September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nestle USA Inc. filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking U.S. Supreme Court justices to consider three questions concerning damages and injunctive relief classes in a case by consumers who allege that the company’s cocoa labeling is misleading.
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September 25, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A woman seeking to represent nationwide and California classes of purchasers on Sept. 24 amended her complaint against Veracity Wellness Inc. that alleges that the company deceptively markets its Metabolism Ignite dietary supplement as “Nature’s Ozempic” and as a natural alternative to prescription weight-loss drugs, asserting claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law and other laws.
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September 24, 2026
PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel denied two attorneys’ petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a judge’s sanction ordering them to pay Walmart Inc. more than $623,000 in attorney fees it incurred litigating a consumer’s class action suit regarding the labeling of its avocado oil, writing that the dispute does not warrant an order of mandamus and that the attorneys can appeal the sanctions order after the litigation concludes.
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September 23, 2026
SAN DIEGO — A diagnostic lab filed an amended complaint in California federal court, alleging that health care plans and their administrators failed to pay and process claims for diagnostic tests for COVID-19 provided by the lab to individuals with benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) or with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
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September 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The New York Times and the class representative in a settled case over an alleged illegal “automatic renewal” scheme filed separate opposition briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court opposing a class member’s petition seeking review of class representative payments.