Judge Declines To Delay Discovery In UCL Case Despite Pending Settlement Talks

Mealey's (May 4, 2021, 11:39 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge in an April 26 minute order declined a joint request to continue discovery and other deadlines filed by the parties in a software company’s lawsuit against a health care provider for alleged violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other claims, writing that the fact that settlement talks are pending among the parties is “insufficient” to continue preexisting deadlines....