Mealey's (December 6, 2017, 1:21 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Dec. 1 granted a motion to dismiss claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and a claim related to debt collection asserted against landlords, finding that their alleged practice of charging late fees was neither unfair nor fraudulent and that the late fees did not constitute debt collection (Jordan Kohler v. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, et al., No. 15cv2195, S.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 198151)....