Federal Judge Dismisses UCL, Fraud Cross-Claims Against Online Marketplace

Mealey's (February 7, 2018, 2:15 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Feb. 6 granted an online marketplace host’s motion to dismiss counterclaims asserted against it for violation of California’s unfair competition law, breach of contract, fraud and other claims asserted by a user of the marketplace who allegedly failed to pay for or return inventory from the website, but granted the user leave to amend the claims to assert more specific factual allegations (Ouiby Inc. v. Idil Doguoglu Posey, et al., No. 17-cv-03847, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19502)....