Case: Deceptive Trade Practices/Pleadings (D. Nev.)

Switch Ltd. — a corporation that primarily designs, constructs, and operates data centers — has plausibly alleged that Uptime Institute LLC engaged in deceptive trade practices under the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act, the federal district court in Nevada finds. The allegations about Uptime’s marketing representations pertaining to its data center certification business state a NDTPA claim with particularity because they refer to Uptime knowingly misrepresenting the nature or quality of its certification services: Switch alleges that Uptime falsely promoted that the author of the certification scheme oversees the certifications, but, in fact, the author has no present affiliation with ...