A federal judge provided a bit of both good and bad for the parties to a proposed class action alleging Apple Inc. cheated fans of the crime drama “Breaking Bad.”

U.S. District Judge Edward Davila of the Northern District of California ruled that plaintiff Noam Lazebnik had sufficient standing to proceed with a trimmed-down version of his suit alleging Apple engaged in false advertising in its offer for viewing the Emmy-winning show’s Season 5, its final one, on iTunes.