Judge Orders Marriott To Produce Discovery In Suit, Imposes Sanctions For Delay

Mealey's (May 14, 2021, 1:29 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal magistrate judge in California on May 12 granted in part a motion to compel discovery brought by the plaintiffs in a putative class action accusing a hotel franchise of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other state statutes, writing that the bulk of the franchise’s objections to discovery were unfounded and ordering sanctions against it for raising objections to discovery that the court previously said were unmeritorious....