Judge Dismisses DA’s UCL Claim Related To Fee-Based Ancillary Products

Mealey's (July 6, 2018, 3:26 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal judge on June 26 granted a motion filed by a data systems’ company and a bank to dismiss a lawsuit in which a district attorney, on behalf of the people of the state of California, alleged that they violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) in the administration of certain fee-based ancillary products and services to credit card holders (The People of California, ex rel., Eric L. Heryford, District Attorney, Trinity County v. Alliance Data Systems Corporation, et al., No. 2:15-cv-02343, E.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106827)....