Magistrate Refuses To Dismiss UCL, All Claims In Class Action Employment Dispute

Mealey's (January 16, 2020, 1:49 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on Jan. 15 denied an oil refinery’s motion to dismiss a wage-and-hour violations class action brought by current and former employees, finding that because the California Labor Code claims survive dismissal, the unfair competition law (UCL) claim based on the oil refinery’s purported “unlawful” conduct also survives (Marco Dimercurio, et al v. Equilon Enterprises LLC, No. 19-04029, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7006)....