Mealey's ( May 18, 2026, 12:18 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge denied a motion by loan companies to decertify a class of approximately 250,000 borrowers who obtained home improvement loans through an app and on whose behalf claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and California finance laws are being brought, writing that the lenders’ new evidence did not preclude class claims or enable the court to rule as a matter of law on the lenders’ liability....