Holding that for an act to be "unfair," it must "threaten" a violation of law or "violate the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable to or the same as a violation of the law"
Holding that defendant attorney owed no duty to third parties who relied on faulty advice the attorney gave his clients "in the absence of any showing that the legal advice was foreseeably transmitted to or relied upon by plaintiffs or that plaintiffs were intended beneficiaries of a transaction to which the advice pertained"
185 Cal.App.4th 1018 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) Cited 115 times
Following an order sustaining a demurrer a plaintiff may amend the complaint only as authorized by the court's order and may not add new causes of action or defendants without permission of the court
In Herzberg, the plaintiff in the trial court did not oppose the demurrer to a particular cause of action and also failed to mount any argument on this issue in the appellate court.