Federal Magistrate: Plaintiff Fails To Allege UCL Claim Based On ‘Unfair’ Prong

Mealey's (June 15, 2020, 10:28 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal magistrate judge in California on June 4 found that because the operator of an online driver’s education school’s factual allegations against a competitor do not rise to a violation of either the Sherman or the Cartwright act, those same claims cannot give rise to a California unfair competition law (UCL) claim based on the "unfair" prong (The Distance Learning Company v. Derick Gene Maynard, et al., No. No. 19-03801, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99256)....