Judge Defers Ruling On Anti-SLAPP Motion, Dismisses UCL Claim With Leave To Amend

Mealey's (March 9, 2020, 10:15 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal judge in California on March 6 issued a redacted public version of a Feb. 11 order that deferred ruling on a plaintiff’s motion under California’s Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP) and granted with leave to amend the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss the defendant’s counterclaims for unlawful and unfair business practices, unjust enrichment, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage (Pinnacle Ventures LLC, et al. v. Bertelsmann Education Services LLC, No. 18-03412, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39567)....