SAN FRANCISCO — The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed plaintiffs securities lawyers a partial victory Wednesday, while one of his protégés handed them a flat-out loss.

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote for a unanimous panel that plaintiffs can bring portions of a state law class action aimed at variable universal life insurance policies, notwithstanding the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998.

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