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June 12, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A dietary supplement company markets a product as a “natural” alternative or equivalent to prescription diabetes and diet drugs “hoping to cash in on the synthetic GLP-1 agonist craze and swindle Americans, including Californians, into buying its Product,” a woman alleges in a putative class action filed in a California federal court that asserts claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws.
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June 12, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal magistrate judge on June 11 granted final approval to a settlement of class claims against a California company accused of deceptively marketing its domestic Japanese-style sake as originating in Japan in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), with the company agreeing to change its labels and the plaintiff’s attorneys awarded fees and costs totaling $645,000.
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June 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge denied a motion for reconsideration of a previous order compelling arbitration of putative class claims against an audio technology company for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by allegedly impairing the use of customers’ devices with a flawed redesign of its app and refused to certify for interlocutory appeal whether “batch” arbitration provisions are unconscionable.
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June 11, 2026
SAN DIEGO — A California appellate panel on June 10 upheld a trial court’s dismissal of a jeans company’s malicious prosecution lawsuit against a law firm and two lawyers for bringing a deceptive labeling class action against the company on behalf of one of the lawyer’s sister-in-law as plaintiff, writing that the relationship between the lawyer and the plaintiff did not make the class action improper.
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June 11, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — Four consumers filed a putative class action against a nutritional supplement company alleging that Nature Made-brand “turmeric curcumin” capsules are deceptively marketed in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws and do not provide the benefits that are claimed on the product’s label.
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June 09, 2026
LOS ANGELES — After more than a decade of litigation, a California state court judge granted final approval to a statewide class action settlement resolving claims that Tinder Inc., which owns and operates a popular dating app, violated California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act and unfair competition law (UCL) by overcharging older users of its app for premium services, for which Tinder agreed to pay $60.5 million including more than $20.1 million in attorney fees.
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June 09, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two companies that operate the Grok artificial intelligence system asked a judge in a reply brief to compel a plaintiff who was granted permission to proceed under a pseudonym to use her real name, saying that doing so ensures federal rules are followed, furthers the public interest and does not implicate privacy concerns.
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June 09, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge granted two motions by the parents of minors who brought class claims against Roblox Corp. and certain third-party developers for letting minors access gambling games that accepted Roblox’s in-game currency, Robux, to settle their claims against the developers “in exchange for information rather than monetary recovery” about how the gambling games functioned.
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June 08, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge awarded class counsel $2.2 million in attorney fees plus more than $23,000 in expenses after previously granting final approval to an $8.9 million settlement of the plaintiffs’ class action against the manufacturer of a soda product for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by deceptively labeling its soda as “Prebiotic” and “gut healthy,” awarding slightly less in attorney fees than was sought and reducing the named plaintiffs’ service awards.
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June 08, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California certified a class and subclass in a printing company’s lawsuit accusing Ricoh USA Inc. of breach of contract, unfair competition and other violations in connection with yearly price increases that allegedly exceed the contractual percentage permitted.
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June 05, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Epic Games Inc. on June 4 filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to deny Apple Inc.’s petition for a writ of certiorari in which Apple argues that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals incorrectly affirmed a lower court’s injunctive relief ruling and finding of contempt against Apple over anticompetitive practices on its App Store in an antitrust dispute with Epic.
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June 04, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of minors who used “Robux” digital currency intended for use on Roblox Corp.’s gaming platform to gamble on third-party websites filed an appellee brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals urging it to affirm a judge’s refusal to compel arbitration of their claims against one developer of a gambling site for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws.
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June 02, 2026
SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on June 1 denied three food companies’ motion to dismiss a putative class action against them for allegedly violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by marketing their products with nutrient content claims that are prohibited on products for children under the age of 2 based on Food and Drug Administration regulations as adopted into state law, but dismissed the plaintiffs’ claim for declaratory relief.
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May 29, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on May 28 entered final judgment in favor of a certified class of consumers of Cake-brand vape products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) against two nonappearing companies for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by mislabeling the THC content of their vapes. The judge ordered the companies to correct their labels and awarded class counsel approximately $850,000 in attorney fees and costs.
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May 29, 2026
LOS ANGELES — The California attorney general filed a complaint on behalf of the state against the successor entities of the 23andMe genetic testing company seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief for its alleged violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws based on the company’s failure to protect customers’ genetic data from a cyberattack.
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May 29, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — An insured’s breach of contract and bad faith claims cannot proceed against an insurer because the insurer satisfied the conditions of a personal articles policy when it issued and mailed payments on claims for lost jewelry made by one of the insureds, a California federal judge said in granting the insurer’s motion to dismiss.
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May 29, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge largely granted motions to dismiss putative class claims brought by OnlyFans subscribers who say that they were deceived into paying extra fees to “chat” and share personal information with individual creators in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws, when they in fact were talking with professional third-party “chatters,” dismissing most claims against the companies that operate the site but allowing a claim against the agencies that manage creators and chatters for sharing personal information.
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May 26, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel denied a car manufacturer’s petition for panel and en banc rehearing of its challenge to a judge’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration with a consumer accusing it of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws based on his vehicle’s alleged headrest defect and issued a slightly amended opinion holding that the automaker as nonsignatory cannot compel arbitration under an agreement the consumer entered with a dealership.
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May 20, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California granted in part and denied in part an insurer’s motion to dismiss Guess? Inc.’s lawsuit seeking coverage under foreign insurance policies for five underlying actions, holding that contrary to the insurer’s argument, two of the three underlying suits are ripe for adjudication.
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May 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari by two John Does seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling finding that Twitter Inc. (now known as X Corp.) is immune pursuant to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to federal law claims and some product liability claims related to allegations that Twitter allowed child pornography to stay on the social media platform.
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May 18, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge denied a motion by loan companies to decertify a class of approximately 250,000 borrowers who obtained home improvement loans through an app and on whose behalf claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and California finance laws are being brought, writing that the lenders’ new evidence did not preclude class claims or enable the court to rule as a matter of law on the lenders’ liability.
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May 18, 2026
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California state court judge after a bench trial ruled that the “Kars 4 Kids” charity must cease its “misleading” advertising in California after finding that it violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and false advertising law (FAL) by omitting from its advertisements that its donations entirely go toward Orthodox Jewish organizations in New York and New Jersey serving some adults, as well as youth, and ordered it to pay the plaintiff costs and attorney fees.
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May 18, 2026
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three companies that process state-issued child support payments on May 15 filed an appellant brief in the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals urging it to reverse a federal court’s rulings finding that the companies violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by charging a 50-cent service fee for customer service phone calls and ordering them to pay $7.6 million in restitution, writing that the plaintiffs agreed in advance to pay the fees.
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May 18, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A complaint against Meta Platforms Inc. and Instagram LLC was filed in California state court on behalf of the state accusing the companies of exposing residents to potentially billions of dollars of losses in fraud by allowing scams on their platforms in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and false advertising law (FAL).
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May 15, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT advised a 19-year-old college student to take a combination of drugs that ultimately led to his accidental overdose death, his parents allege in a California lawsuit alleging strict liability, negligence, practice of medicine without a license and violation of the California unfair competition law (UCL).