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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17205

Enforcement

Known as the Unfair Competition Law (UCL)

The act spans §§ 17200–17210 (14 sections).

Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case 2 Cal. 4th 377 - Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Superior Court (1992)

Most recently applied in Tamara Moore v. Mars Petcare US, Inc. (July 2020)

Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 299.

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Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.