9th Circuit Holds Nonprofit Lacked Standing To Bring UCL Claim Over Ritual

Mealey's (November 27, 2018, 1:37 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 20 reversed a trial court’s ruling that a nonprofit organization that promotes respectful treatment of domestic fowl had standing to assert a claim for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) against a nonprofit religious organization and its leader, holding that the organization failed to show that it suffered an injury in fact (United Poultry Concerns v. Chabad of Irvine, et al., No. 17-55696, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32835)....