Judge Allows UCL Claim Against Google To Proceed, Finds No Antitrust Violation

Mealey's (January 31, 2019, 1:11 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Jan. 29 dismissed an online stock photo repository’s antitrust claim, holding that Google LLC did not have a monopoly power that it used to discriminate against the repository, but allowed the company’s claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and breach of contract and the implied good faith and fair dealing to proceed (Dreamstime.com, LLC v. Google, LLC, et al., No. 18-01910, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13408)....