Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss UPA, UCL Claims In Suit Over Reseller Agreement

Mealey's (November 13, 2020, 11:42 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Nov. 10 refused to dismiss a plaintiff’s claims for violation of California’s unfair practices act (UPA) and unfair competition law (UCL) in a lawsuit arising from a reseller agreement, finding that the claim under the UCL’s “unfairness prong” “adequately set forth, at minimum, a significant threat or harm to competition”  (MerkAmerica Inc. v. Dell Marketing LP, et al., No 20-05408, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210457)....