Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court,
Appellate Practice,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dec. 11, 2017
Damages by any other name: UCL ‘restitution’ models
Two district courts recently reexamined what types of recovery models are permissible under California's Unfair Competition Law and reached diametrically opposite conclusions.
Wesley M. Griffith
Associate
Jenner & Block LLP
Phone: (213) 239-5156
Email: wgriffith@jenner.com
Univ of Chicago Law School; Chicago IL
Every California litigator knows that you can only recover restitution or injunctive relief, not damages, under California's Unfair Competition Law, commonly known as the UCL. Business and Professions Code Section 17200 et seq.; Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 29 Cal. 4th 1134, 1148 (2003). But what does this mean?
While California courts have generally defined restitution as the difference betw...
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