Mealey's (August 29, 2018, 1:44 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Aug. 24 partially denied a consumer’s request for discovery related to a surcharge added by a restaurant to its bills, holding that how the restaurant spent the surcharge was not relevant to determining her claim for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) (Kathleen Holt v. Noble House Hotels & Resorts Ltd., et al., No. 17-cv-2246, S.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145566)....