Judge Holds UCL, CLRA Claims Related To Laptop Upgrades Can Proceed

Mealey's (October 25, 2018, 1:50 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Oct. 23 dismissed numerous warranty claims asserted by purchasers of laptops made for gaming, but held that the consumers sufficiently pleaded violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other claims because they specified the model of allegedly defective laptops and the alleged misrepresentations made about them (Casey Thornton, et al. v. Micro-Star International Co., Ltd., et al., No. 2:17-cv-03231, C.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181912)....