The UCL Practitioner
This blawg is focused on California's Unfair Competition Law and class actions.
Author: Kimberly A. Kralowec is a plaintiffs class action and appellate attorney based in San Francisco. She also authors The Appellate Practitioner.
Blawg Related Categories: Appellate Practice • Consumer Law • Trials & Litigation • States • California
Recent Posts from The UCL Practitioner
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Free webinar: "Introduction to Law Blogs - What Works and What Doesn't"
On Thursday, August 21, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific, Kevin O'Keefe of LexBlog fame will offer a free webinar called "Introduction to Law Blogs - What Works and What Doesn't." The webinar will cover, among other…
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Final approval and attorneys' fees orders in Ford Explorer Cases
Many thanks to the blog reader who forwarded these orders signed by Judge De Alba in the Ford case (Ford Explorer Cases, JCCP Nos. 4266 & 4270): (Amended) Final Order and Judgment of Final Approval…
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"UCL Standing to Seek Injunctive Relief: Is a Restitutionary Loss Required?"
The July/August 2008 issue of CAOC's Forum magazine just arrived in the mail. It has my latest article, "UCL Standing to Seek Injunctive Relief: Is a Restitutionary Loss Required?" The article addresses two opposing federal…
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Recent class certification decision: In re BCBG Overtime Cases
In In re BCBG Overtime Cases, 163 Cal.App.4th 1293 (Jun. 13, 2008), the Court of Appeal (Fourth Appellate District, Division Three) approved the filing of an evidentiary, preemptive motion by the defendant to deny class…
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More briefs from Fairbanks v. Superior Court
Many thanks to the blog reader who forwarded some additional amicus curiae briefs from Fairbanks v. Superior Court (no. S157001), the CLRA/insurance case now pending before the Supreme Court: Amicus Curiae Brief of Consumer Attorneys…
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"L.A. Targets Insurers With Unlikely Law"
Today's Daily Journal has an article, "L.A. Targets Insurers With Unlikely Law" (subscription) reporting on a group of UCL actions recently filed by the City Attorney of Los Angeles against a number of insurers for…
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Recent Ninth Circuit UCL decision: Clemens v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
In Clemens v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., ___ F.3d ___, 2008 WL 2840662 (9th Cir. July 24, 2008), the Ninth Circuit addressed the UCL's "fraudulent" prong: Generally, to be actionable under the UCL, a concealed fact must…
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Merits briefs from Supreme Court CLRA case: Fairbanks v. Superior Court
Thanks to a loyal blog reader, I can share with you the following briefs from Fairbanks v. Superior Court (Farmers New World Life Ins. Co.), no. S157001 (review granted 11/14/07), in which the Supreme Court…
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Supreme Court sets attorneys' fees case for oral argument: Vasquez v. Superior Court
The Supreme Court has set Vasquez v. Superior Court, no. S143710, for oral argument on September 3, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in San Francisco. The Court will be deciding this issue: Does the rule that,…
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"The Blog and Short of It"
Greg May, author of The California Blog of Appeal, writes about what it's like to be a law blogger in an article in the August 2008 issue of Citations, the magazine of the Ventura County…