(September 21, 2018, 1:09 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Sept. 18 refused to dismiss an affirmative defense asserted by a natural gas company that consumers failed to give it adequate notice under California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), but dismissed the remainder of its affirmative defenses to a complaint in which the customers assert claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), breach of contract and other causes of action related to its procurement of natural gas (Emily Fishman, et al. v. Tiger Natural Gas Inc., et al., No. 17-05351, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159425)....