9th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Man’s TILA, Unfair Competition Claims

Mealey's ( December 3, 2019, 10:17 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 2 upheld the dismissal of a man’s lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo Bank N.A. and U.S. Bank N.A. of violating the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and California’s unfair competition law (UCL), finding that the causes of action were barred by claim preclusion because they could have been raised in an earlier lawsuit (Vahe Aftandilian v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., et al., No. 18-56666, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 35768)....