Panel Affirms Dismissal Of UCL Claim In Hydroponic Gardening Sales Dispute

(February 5, 2019, 1:02 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel on Jan. 7 affirmed the dismissal of claims for violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and contract claims asserted by a seller of hydroponic indoor gardening products, holding that it failed to raise any triable issues of material fact in relation to its claims that other entities violated an agreement providing that it was the sole distributor of the products in the United States (Sentinel Global Product Solutions Inc. v. Hydrofarm, Inc., No. A149017, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 1, 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 417)....