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California Top Court: Purchase Of Mislabeled Product Satisfies Standing Requirement
Posted on 27 Jan 2011 by Bryan Redding

SAN FRANCISCO -- (Mealey's) Saying "labels matter," a divided California Supreme Court held Jan. 27 that consumers who purchase a product because of its deceptive labeling have "lost money or property" within the meaning of Proposition... Read More

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California High Court: Pharmacies That 'Passed On' Higher Costs Have UCL Injury
Posted on 12 Jul 2010 by Bryan Redding

SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) Pharmacies have standing to pursue unfair competition law (UCL) claims alleging that they paid higher prices because of price fixing by pharmaceutical companies, even though they passed the higher prices on to consumers... Read More

Tags: pharmacies , Eli Lilly & Co. , Hanover Shoe v. United Shoe Mach , Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. , Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals , pharmaceutical companies , Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America , James Clayworth , Abbott Laboratories , Pfizer Inc. , Wyeth Pharmaceuticals , California , UCL , Amgen Inc. , Allergan Inc. , Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois , Business and Professions Code , price fixing , Cartwright Act , unfair competition law , AstraZeneca International , California Supreme Court , Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. , Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. , Litigation , lawsuit , Merck & Co. , Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.