Discovery Denied, Hearing Date Set In UCL Suit Over Facebook App Platform Dispute

(April 6, 2022, 5:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a March 24 docket note, a California judge stated that he would be signing a proposed order submitted by Facebook Inc. that confirms a recent minute order in which he denied an app developer’s motion for discovery and depositions from several Facebook corporate officers, deeming the motion inappropriate before resolution of Facebook’s motion to strike claims against it under California’s unfair competition law (UCL) per California’s strategic lawsuit against public participation (anti-SLAPP) statute....