Judge Dismisses Consumer’s UCL Suit Against Herbal Cough Drop Maker

(May 2, 2024, 1:51 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge granted a cough drop maker’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed without prejudice a putative class action filed against it by a consumer who claimed that it deceptively advertises its cough drops as offering herbal and medicinal benefits in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL)....