Federal Judge Finds Borrower Lacks Standing Under UCL, Dismisses Claims

Mealey's (December 22, 2017, 12:40 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — After finding that a borrower failed to show that he had standing to assert a claim for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and that he failed to plead facts to support a claim for violation of California housing law, a California federal judge on Dec. 20 granted a bank’s motion to dismiss the claims with leave to amend (Donald Livermore v. Wells Fargo Bank, No.  17-cv-03347, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 209463)....