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Litigation

Jul. 25, 2006

Court Gives, Takes With Proposition 64

Deciding the fate of lawsuits filed before the state's voters reined in the Unfair Competition Law two years ago, the California Supreme Court gave businesses a victory Monday, only to take it back.

By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer


Deciding the fate of lawsuits filed before the state's voters reined in the Unfair Competition Law two years ago, the California Supreme Court gave businesses a victory Monday, only to take it back.
      In the first of two rulings, the high court held that courts can retroactively apply the 2004 voter initiative, Proposition 64, to dismiss cases that were in th...

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