Sections
14 entriesSection 17200Defines unfair competition for the chapter to include any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice, unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading…Section 17201Defines person for the chapter to include natural persons, corporations, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, associations, and other organizations of persons. The…Section 17201.5Defines a board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to include any commission, bureau, division, or similarly constituted agency within that department.…Section 17202Allows specific or preventive relief to enforce a penalty, forfeiture, or penal law in an unfair-competition case notwithstanding the referenced Civil Code…Section 17203Allows courts to enjoin anyone who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition and to issue orders, including appointing…Section 17204Limits prosecution of chapter relief to specified public officials and to a person who suffered injury in fact and lost money or…Section 17205Establishes that, unless another provision expressly states otherwise, the remedies and penalties under this chapter are cumulative both to one another and…Section 17206Sets a civil penalty up to $2,500 for each unfair-competition violation in actions by specified public prosecutors and directs distribution by prosecuting…Section 17206.1Allows an additional civil penalty of up to $2,500 per violation when unfair competition is perpetrated against one or more senior citizens…Section 17206.2Sets an additional civil penalty of up to $2,500 for each chapter violation when unfair competition is perpetrated against one or more…Section 17207Sets a civil penalty of up to $6,000 for each intentional violation of an injunction issued to prohibit unfair competition, with each…Section 17208Limits actions to enforce causes of action under the unfair-competition chapter to four years after the cause of action accrues. The limitations…Section 17209Requires anyone filing a brief or petition in California appellate proceedings involving the chapter to serve the Attorney General and originating-county district…Section 17210Prohibits handbill distribution to hotel guest rooms after an innkeeper objects, and treats contractors directing prohibited distribution as engaging in unfair competition;…