Comments on: s. 17200 (and Proposition 64) roundup http://overlawyered.com/2004/11/s-17200-and-proposition-64-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=s-17200-and-proposition-64-roundup Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 26 May 2012 15:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: March 31 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2004/11/s-17200-and-proposition-64-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-43878 March 31 roundup Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:26:44 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=1563#comment-43878 [...] After nine years, the notorious Bill Lerach California-unfair-competition-law suit against Kwikset (over several screws from Taiwan in a lock marked “Made in America”) finally winds down [California Civil Justice, earlier] [...] [...] After nine years, the notorious Bill Lerach California-unfair-competition-law suit against Kwikset (over several screws from Taiwan in a lock marked “Made in America”) finally winds down [California Civil Justice, earlier] [...]

]]> By: Overlawyered http://overlawyered.com/2004/11/s-17200-and-proposition-64-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Overlawyered Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:11:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=1563#comment-936 <strong>Calif. court OKs countersuit in "shakedown" case</strong> Just over a year ago, following numerous scandals about law firms' filing of mass shakedown suits based on California's s. 17200 unfair-competition law (UCL), the state's voters curtailed somewhat the law's extortive potential by requiring... Calif. court OKs countersuit in “shakedown” case

Just over a year ago, following numerous scandals about law firms’ filing of mass shakedown suits based on California’s s. 17200 unfair-competition law (UCL), the state’s voters curtailed somewhat the law’s extortive potential by requiring…

]]> By: Overlawyered http://overlawyered.com/2004/11/s-17200-and-proposition-64-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Overlawyered Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:06:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=1563#comment-935 <strong>California's Proposition 79</strong> As CoyoteBlog (Oct. 18) notes, this ballot initiative on drug prices contains a sneaky, little-discussed provision that will empower trial lawyers to file bounty-hunting suits against pharmaceutical companies if the companies charge prices "that lead... California’s Proposition 79

As CoyoteBlog (Oct. 18) notes, this ballot initiative on drug prices contains a sneaky, little-discussed provision that will empower trial lawyers to file bounty-hunting suits against pharmaceutical companies if the companies charge prices “that lead…

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