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TRENTON, N.J. - A federal judge in California on Dec. 5 granted motions for summary judgment by the manufacturer and retailers of Maytag washing machines in a putative class action alleging that the washers were not energy efficient despite their product...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal judge in California on Dec. 4 dismissed California unfair competition law (UCL) and other claims in a lawsuit alleging that a mortgage lender attempted to foreclose on a personal residence despite the plaintiff's efforts...

MIAMI - A company involved in the bitcoin industry on Nov. 26 filed its opposition to a dismissal motion brought by two of the 12 defendants it alleges conspired to dominate the cryptocurrency market, telling a Florida federal court that jurisdictional...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 2 upheld the dismissal of a man's lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo Bank N.A. and U.S. Bank N.A. of violating the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and California's unfair competition law...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on Nov. 26 granted a medical technology company's motion to strike and/or dismiss counterclaims under the Sherman Act and California's unfair competition law (UCL) in its lawsuit alleging that a company...

PASADENA, Calif. - Partially affirming, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 27 held that a lower federal court properly dismissed a claim for violation of California's unfair competition law (UCL) in a dispute arising from a frozen fruit...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on Nov. 20 granted a plaintiff's motion for class certification in a lawsuit brought under California's unfair competition law (UCL) alleging that a bank failed to pay interest on escrow accounts on...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal magistrate judge in California on Nov. 15 denied GNC Holdings Inc.'s motion to dismiss California unfair competition law (UCL) and all other claims in a consumer class lawsuit alleging that the product labels describing GNC's...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on Nov. 14 granted Google Inc.'s motion to dismiss California unfair competition law (UCL) and Sherman Act claims in a messenger application developer's lawsuit alleging that it monopolized application...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A federal judge in California on Nov. 12 denied a loan servicer's motion to dismiss California unfair competition law (UCL) and other claims in a class action alleging that it conducted "fraudulent assessment and collection...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal judge in California on Nov. 15 granted The Hershey Co.'s motion for summary judgment on California's unfair competition law (UCL) and other claims in a class suit alleging that Hershey falsely labels its Brookside Dark...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - An insurer's lawsuit accusing a number of substance abuse treatment centers of common-law fraud, violation of California' unfair competition law (UCL) and other claims can proceed in state court, a federal judge in California...

PASADENA, Calif. - A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 13 upheld a denial of class certification in a Sherman Act suit accusing Apple Inc. of conspiring with AT&T Mobility LLC to monopolize market for iPhone service, finding that...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The makers of Harley-Davidson motorcycles failed to show that a class complaint bringing various state claims, including violation of California's unfair competition law (UCL), involves damages in excess of $5 million, a federal...

SAN FRANCISCO - A California appeals panel on Nov. 8 held that a lower court's order that struck class allegations in a plaintiff's lawsuit alleging unlawful business practices against her former employer is not appealable under the death knell...