Los Angeles v. Lyons

Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold

Zucco Partners, LLC v. Digimarc Corp.

Holding that "[m]ere conclusory allegations" about the resignations of company executives did not, without more, give rise to a strong inference of scienter

In re Tobacco II Cases

Holding class representatives had standing to challenge common marketing of cigarettes despite differences in the advertisements or statements on which class members relied

Bank of the West v. Superior Court

Holding that policy terms must be read in their "ordinary and popular sense"

Armstrong v. Davis

Holding that " Garrett makes clear that . . . there is no barrier to the injunction against Nielson in his official capacity as Secretary of the Board [under the ADA]."

Kasky v. Nike

Holding that statements by the defendant about the working conditions of its overseas employees were not protected by the First Amendment and could give rise to a claim for fraudulent business practices under the UCL

Daugherty v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Holding plaintiff failed to plead a fraudulent omission where "no representation was made to which the alleged concealment was contrary"

Neubronner v. Milken

Holding that Rule 9(b)'s purpose is "to prevent the filing of a complaint as a pretext for the discovery of unknown wrongs" and finding the Section 20A insufficiently pled because it lacked "facts [such] as the times, dates, places" or "allegations on information and belief . . . [to] state the factual basis for the belief"

Rubio v. Capital One Bank

Holding that closing a credit card account and losing the credit extended by the bank and/or keeping an account open and accepting a higher APR would result in economic injury sufficient for UCL standing

LiMandri v. Judkins

Holding that nondisclosure may constitute fraud "when the defendant had exclusive knowledge of material facts not known to the plaintiff"

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

Prohibiting unlawful business practices

Section 1750 - Title of act

Section 17500 - Untrue or misleading advertising

Requiring action that originated in California to effect consumers in another state

Section 2310 - Remedies in consumer disputes

Permitting recovery of "a sum equal to the aggregate amount of cost and expenses (including attorneys’ fees based on actual time expended)"

Section 1670.5 - Contract or clause unconscionable

Adopting UCC section 2-302 and making it generally applicable to all contracts

Section 1770 - [Operative 7/1/2024]

Prohibiting "unfair or deceptive acts or practices"

Section 1792 - Sale accompanied by retail seller's implied warranty that goods merchantable; indemnification of retail seller

Providing implied warranty applies to "every sale of consumer goods that are sold at retail in this state"