Mealey's (December 9, 2019, 10:05 AM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Dec. 4 dismissed California unfair competition law (UCL) and other claims in a lawsuit alleging that a mortgage lender attempted to foreclose on a personal residence despite the plaintiff’s efforts to seek a loan modification, allowing the plaintiff leave to amend the fraudulent and unfair business practices prongs of his UCL claims (Darryl Banton v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, et al., No. 19-00928, E.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210909)....