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California's ever-expanding Unfair Competition Law

August 06, 2013 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

In two decisions issued last week, the California Supreme Court permitted private plaintiffs to sue under the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) based on the defendants’ violations of separate statutes—even where those statutes themselves forbid private rights of action for such violations. In the first case, Zhang v. California Capital Insuranc ...