( May 6, 2026, 8:08 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Nestle USA Inc.’s petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc was denied by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals after a divided panel in January affirmed a trial court’s certification of two California classes of consumers in a case accusing the company of labeling that falsely implies that its chocolate products are produced without child labor and deforestation in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA)....