Judge Finds UCL And Labor Code Claims Against Employer Can Proceed

(September 9, 2016, 12:19 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Sept. 7 denied an employer's motion to dismiss all of the claims asserted against it in relation to employee meal breaks, finding that his claims for violation of California's unfair competition law (UCL) and the state labor code were properly pleaded (Terrill Johnson v. Q.E.D. Environmental Systems Inc., No. 16-cv-01454, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120900)....