UNITED STATES – Consumer class actions are often brought in the federal courts sitting in California, and in other states, based on alleged false advertising in violation of one or more California consumer protection statutes, including the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1750, et seq.), the Unfair Competition Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §17200) and the False Advertising Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17500, et seq.). The defendants in…