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Litigation & Arbitration,
Consumer Law

Jan. 18, 2023

Boom, bust, lawsuits seen for COVID panic products

Litigation over sanitizers follows boom sales

Hand sanitizer is one of the latest products to follow a familiar arc: from boom to bust to litigation. Once the ubiquitous clear gels were shown to be of limited use in fighting the airborne COVID-19 pandemic, many distributors were left holding excess supply — and some manufacturers were accused of selling tainted products.

A case in federal court in Sacramento involves the first situation. Best Sanitizers “is a premier manufacturer of in...

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