all - Opinion Summaries

AM. ACAD. OF PAIN MGMT. v. JOSEPH

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, False Advertising, Health Law
California Business and Professions Code section 651(h)(5)(B), which restricts the use of the term "board certified" in physician advertisements, is...

PEOPLE v. PACIFIC BELL

False Advertising, Public Utilities
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) does not have exclusive jurisdiction over all actions against a public utility, and the mere...

AMMEX, INC. v. COX

Constitutional Law, False Advertising
Because plaintiff's pre-enforcement challenge to the applicability of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act is not ripe, and the judgment of the...

PEOPLE v. COLE

Civil Procedure, False Advertising, Health Law
The district court's order of preliminary injunction is affirmed where the court properly enjoined defendant's advertising and reversed where it erred...

RICE v. FOX BROAD. CO.

Copyright, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Disclosure of secrets behind magic tricks does not receive copyright protection, and no substantial similarity exists between plot and sequence of...

NAGEL v. TWIN LABS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising
In a suit for violations of California's unfair competition laws and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, a product's ingredients do not satisfy the first...

PARKS v. LAFACE RECORDS

Entertainment Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Summary judgment was improper in Lanham Act and common law right of publicity claims, arising from use of a civil rights icon's name in the title of a...

CRUZ v. PACIFICARE HEALTH SYS., INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, False Advertising, Remedies
Injunctive relief claims under the unfair competition law, and claims of false advertising under Business and Professions Code section 17500 are...

INTERACTIVE PRODS. CORP. v. A2Z MOBILE OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.

Cyberspace Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiff has not presented any evidence that presence of a trademark name in the post-domain path of defendant's web page is likely to cause consumer...

AM. COUNCIL OF CERTIFIED PODIATRIC PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Health Law
Claims under section 2 of the Sherman Act were not actionable where a professional association of podiatrists's statements, in extolling its virtues...