Legal Shakedowns Under California's Unfair Competition Law
Business and Professions Code 17200 - Unfair and Out of Control

• Facts About...The Unfair Competition Law (UCL)
• A Growing Problem  
• Call It Gonzo Law: The Unfair Competition Statute covers any claim, if it's presented with a straight face. by John H. Sullivan, President, Civil Justice Association of California
• California's Notorious "17200" - Written by Lewis Carroll, Adapted by Stephen King? (October 24, 2002) 
• Why Californians Need Never Say, "There ought'a be a law." by Fred J. Hiestand, General Counsel, Civil Justice Association of California 

• Picture Your Company on the Receiving End of One of these More Recent Examples of Private Lawyer 17200 Lawsuits (July 16, 2003) 
• Do You Think You Are a Victim Of a "17200" Shakedown Frivolous Lawsuit? Here Is What You Can Do Now! (April 22, 2003) 
• Legal Shakedowns Continue Mass Produced Claims Against Auto Repair Shops (July 10, 2002)
• The Legal Shakedowns Continue - Cases and Quotes

• The Shakedown State, Commentary, The Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2003 
• Consumer-Protection Law Abused in Legal Shakedown, Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2003 
• Call for Reform, Editorial, Sacramento Bee, May 28, 2003 
• 17200 Reform, The Daily Recorder Editorial Cartoon 
• Democrats Side With Lawyers Over Small Business Owners, Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee, May 9, 2003 
• Time To End the Legal Shakedowns, John H. Sullivan, CAA Perspective Magazine, March-April 2003 
• Alleged Abuses Prompt Review of Consumer Law, California Bar Journal (February 14, 2003)
• Bollywood Bills - The Recorder, Tuesday, May 7, 2002 
• What Others Are Saying About. . .The Unfair Competition Law (UCL)

• Letters of Opposition to AB 95 and SB 122 (May 13, 2003)  
• CJAC President Testimony to Joint Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committee (January 14, 2003) 
• CJAC President Testimony to Assemblyman Lou Correa Town Hall Meeting (January 10, 2003) 
• Coalition Letter to Assemblyman Lou Correa Commending His Initiative for Action 
• Joint Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committee Letter to Chief Justice of California Supreme Court Urging Action 
• 1996 California Law Revision Commission Recommendation to Amend the UCL 
• Attorney General Lockyer's August 2, 2002 Response to July 11, 2002 Letter 
• Attorney General Urged to Investigate "Legal Shakedowns" Under State's Unfair Competition Law (July 11, 2002)
• CJAC Letter to Attorney General Bill Lockyer (July 10, 2002) 

• 17200 Abuses Prompt 11 Legislative Proposals (April 30, 2003) 

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