Federal Judge Stands By Refusal To Dismiss ILSA Anti-Fraud, ‘Unlawful’ UCL Claims

Mealey's (February 14, 2020, 7:21 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California on Feb. 7 denied a defendant’s motion to reconsider a ruling that denied its motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s anti-fraud claim under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act and a related claim under the “unlawful” prong of  California’s unfair competition law (UCL), noting that the court’s prior order “departed from the law of the case because it was clear that it relied on an incorrect legal standard” (Jason Brooks v. Tarsadia Hotels, et al., No. 18-2290, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22035)....