Judge Holds California Southern District Is Proper Venue For UCL, Other Claims

Mealey's (April 19, 2019, 11:30 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on April 16 declined to transfer a lawsuit filed by employees hired to participate in military role-playing exercises who allege that their employers violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and labor code in relation to their pay, finding that convenience to the witnesses did not weigh in favor of a transfer (Ahmad Jamshid Abdul, et al., v. Workforce Resources, LLC, et al., No. 19-cv-00019, S.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65157)....