App Firm’s Contract, UCL Claims Against Facebook Stricken Under Anti-SLAPP Law

Mealey's (May 17, 2022, 1:01 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. prevailed on May 13 on an app developer’s claims against it, as a California judge granted the social network operator’s more than three-year-old motion to strike under California’s strategic lawsuit against public participation (anti-SLAPP) statute, disposing of claims for breach of contract and violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) related to Facebook’s decision to limit developers’ access to its application programming interface (API) platform....