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Feb. 19, 2009
Fierce Competition
California's unfair competition statute is infamously broad in scope — meaning virtually any law can serve as a predicate for an unfair competition claim, writes Olga I. May.
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By Olga I. May California unfair competition law, codified in California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, et seq., is famously - or, possibly, infamously - broad in scope. By its terms, the law embraces any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice. The apparent rationale behind this breadth is that the Legislature cannot anticipate the specifics of every single instance of unlawful, unfair or fraudulent beh...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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