Mealey's (October 6, 2022, 1:37 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Oct. 5 ordered the dismissal of Meta Platforms Inc.’s remaining claims against a consulting firm and its affiliate that scraped user data from Meta’s social networking platforms, including for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), after the parties reached a confidential settlement and stipulated that the consultant will cease its data-scraping activities “without Meta’s express written permission.”...