Administrative/Regulatory
Sep. 24, 2004
Proposition 64 Limits Use of Unfair-Competition Statute
Forum Column - By Robert C. Fellmeth - Policing unfair competition, including offenses, ranging from misleading advertising to privacy intrusion, depends upon state enforcement of the Unfair Competition Act (Business & Professions Code Section 17200 et seq). The federal counterpart to this statute is Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, but only the FTC is empowered to enforce that statute, and its authority and resources are weak.
By Robert C. Fellmeth
Policing unfair competition, including offenses, ranging from misleading advertising to privacy intrusion, depends upon state enforcement of the Unfair Competiti...
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