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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court

Aug. 2, 2018

California law is an increasingly important source of relief

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Ohio v. American Express may have far-reaching implications beyond the credit card industry.

Brian Danitz

Partner
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP

Class actions, shareholder suits and business litigation

SF Airport Office Center, 840 Malcolm Rd
Burlingame , CA 94010

Email: bdanitz@cpmlegal.com

Fordham Univ SOL; New York NY

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California law is an increasingly important source of relief
As Justice Kathryn Werdegar explained in Aryeh v. Canon Business Solutions, 55 Cal. 4th 1185 (2013): "Interpretations of federal antitrust law are at most instructive, not conclusive, when construing the Cartwright Act, given that the Cartwright Act was modeled not on federal antitrust statutes but instead on statutes enacted by California's sister states around the turn of the 20th century."

Justice Louis Brandeis famously stated that "a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory" for democracy. Justice Brandeis' words take on renewed meaning at a time when Washington's priorities increasingly appear to diverge from California's values.

California's courts and legislature historically have been a rich source of innovation that has strengthened the legal rights of the public. California's i...

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