California Federal Judge Dismisses COVID-Related UCL Suit Against University

Mealey's (December 13, 2021, 9:57 AM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif.  — A California federal judge on Nov. 29 granted a university’s motion to dismiss with prejudice a putative class action filed by three law students asserting violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and breach of implied contract by stopping in-person education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that the plaintiffs failed to plead breach of implied-in-fact contract or unfair or unlawful conduct under the UCL or cure the deficiencies in their earlier complaints....