Ad Firm’s UCL, Interference Counterclaims Axed In Facebook Data Gathering Row

Mealey's (February 22, 2021, 8:06 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An advertising company’s counterclaims of intentional interference and violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), which were filed in response to a computer fraud and breach of contract lawsuit filed by Facebook Inc. over the firm’s data-gathering practices, were dismissed Feb. 19, with a California federal magistrate judge finding the claims to be insufficiently supported but granting leave for some of them to be amended....