WT Wins: Defense Prevails in Published Opinion from First Appellate District
Published: April 17, 2025
In a recent appellate victory, Weintraub shareholders Paul Gaspari and Ryan Abernethy obtained a favorable opinion from the First Appellate District in defense of their client, a private school in the Bay Area.
The school had been charged with class-action claims of fraud and unfair business practices under the Unfair Competition Law (UCL). After the trial court dismissed the initial action, the plaintiffs appealed, to which the court affirmed their original decision. The court additionally partially published its opinion, with special attention paid to the plaintiff’s lack of standing to assert the UCL claim.
See Suchard et al. v. Sonoma Academy 3/21/25 CA1/3, 1st District Court of Appeal, Published Opinion.