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Supreme Court fails to rein in class action abuse

April 23, 2012 | By DEBORAH LA FETRA

California’s hostile business climate is exemplified by the state’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), which invites plaintiffs with trivial and even nonexistent injuries to bombard companies with “consumer protection” lawsuits.  Because these lawsuits benefit the trial bar far more than consumers, California voters enacted Prop ...