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Law Practice

Dec. 21, 2005

Panel OKs Suit Against 'Shakedown'

LOS ANGELES - In the latest backlash against lawyers abusing the state's unfair competition law, a Moreno Valley law firm is in the hot seat for filing consumer protection lawsuits in an alleged shakedown scheme to wrangle settlements from auto parts companies.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        In the latest backlash against lawyers abusing the state's unfair competition law, a Moreno Valley law firm is in the hot seat for filing consumer protection lawsuits in an alleged shakedown scheme to wrangle settlements from auto parts companies.
        A state appeals court has c...

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