State Bar & Bar Associations,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Apr. 8, 2020
State Supreme Court considers local authority in opioid litigation
The appellate decision at issue greatly affects local jurisdictions seeks civil penalties, attorneys say.
A screen shot captures the pandemic's first video argument at the state Supreme Court. From top left Justice Leondra R. Kruger and Justice Carin T. Fujisaki; from middle left, Kelly A. Emby, Orange County District Attorney's office and Blanca F. Young, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; from lower left, Jay P. Lefkowitz, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Yvonne R. Mere, San Francisco City Attorney's office
California Supreme Court justices on Tuesday considered local authority under the Unfair Competition Law in a case prosecutors warned could drastically alter longstanding enforcement methods.
While Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Jay P. Lefkowitz argued district attorneys could essentially abuse the law to benefit only their jurisdictions, Justice Goodwin H. Liu said the law clearly allows them to file statewide actions, and it allows them to...
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