Personal Injury & Torts
Dec. 20, 2001
Unfair-Competition Laws Need More Focus on Proportionality
Forum Column by Jeffrey S. Galvin and Matthew G. Jacobs - The letter from the district attorney is terse and ominous. Your client is accused of falsely advertising a product in California. Although the product retails for a few bucks and nobody has complained of deception, the district attorney threatens to seek civil penalties of $5,000 for each consumer who has seen or heard the challenged advertisement.
The letter from the district attorney is terse and ominous. Your client is accused of falsely advertising a product in California. Although the product retails for a few bucks and nobody has complained of deception, the district attorney threatens to seek civil penalties o...
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