Judge Recommends Default Ruling For Owner Of Unlawfully Broadcast Program

Mealey's (January 12, 2016, 1:43 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — After the owners of a restaurant failed to respond to allegations that they unlawfully broadcast a television program in their establishment in violation of California's unfair competition law (UCL), a California federal magistrate judge on Jan. 8 recommended that a default ruling be entered in favor of the owner of the rights to the program (J&J Sports Productions Inc. v. Raquel Ortiz Reyes, individually and d/b/a Los Reyes Mexican Food; RAUL REYES, individually and d/b/a Los Reyes Mexican Food, No. 1:15-cv-01036, E.D. Calif.; 2016 Dist. LEXIS 3205)....