Judge Refuses To Dismiss Technology Company’s UCL Claim Against Competitor

Mealey's (December 18, 2018, 11:39 AM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A California federal judge on Dec. 14 refused to dismiss an information technology company’s claim for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) in relation to a competitor’s noncompete provision in its employment contract, holding that it has standing to assert the claim and that it sufficiently stated a claim for violation of the UCL (Diversant LLC v. Artech Information Systems, LLC, No. 18-12133, D. N.J., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210749)....