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Episode 13: Restaurants Navigate Recent Price Transparency Laws

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

Riley Lagesen, GT Shareholder and co-chair of the Restaurant Industry Group, joins co-hosts Gregory Nylen and Adil Khan to discuss recent California legislation focused on transparency in consumer pricing, “junk fees,” and hidden costs, and specifically how these laws could impact restaurants.

Episode 12: FTC Enforcement and “Dark Patterns"

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

GT Shareholder Ed Chansky joins co-hosts Greg Nylen and Adil Khan to discuss current enforcement efforts by the Federal Trade Commission and its focus on “junk” fees, auto-renewal issues, and other “Dark Patterns.”

Episode 11: ESG Statements: Managing the Risk of False Advertising Claims

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

GT attorneys and class-action litigators Adil M. Khan and Layal Bishara join hosts Lisa Simonetti and Greg Nylen to discuss the legal risks created by marketing, sustainability reports, and other statements on “ESG”—environmental, social, and governance—issues. The group discusses best practices for marketing as well as litigation strategies for defending against false advertising claims.

Episode 10: Liability for Omissions

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

In this episode, we discuss whether omissions can provide a basis for a claim under the fraudulent prong of the UCL or the CLRA.

Episode 09: Recent developments in the law regarding the arbitrability of claims under the UCL, FAL, CLRA and a favorite of the plaintiffs’ employment bar, California‘s Private Attorney General Act (PAGA)

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

Special guest and arbitrator/mediator Daniel Turner joins us for a discussion of how recent cases, including Supreme Court decisions, have impacted the arbitrability of individual and class claims under PAGA and California’s unfair competition statutes.

Episode 08: Designing and Conducting Consumer Surveys for Use in False Advertising Cases

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

In this episode, our guest Dominique “Mike” Hanssens, professor of marketing at UCLA’s business school, discusses how to properly design, conduct and report on consumer surveys for cases involving unfair competition and deceptive advertising. Here is the link to the Reference Guide on Survey Research by Shari Seidman Diamond: .

Episode 07: Exploring the Lanham Act

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

In this episode, we discuss defense strategies for UCL and FAL claims based on law developed under the federal Lanham Act, and the relationship between those statutes.

Episode 06: Framework of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Part 2

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the 24 enumerated “wrongs” under the CRLA and procedural quirks. We also discuss some new decisions.

Episode 05: Framework of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Part 1

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the purpose and application of the CRLA, along with an overview of remedies. We also discuss some new decisions.

Episode 04: Remedies Available Under the Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law and Consumers Legal Remedies Act

Unfair Competition Defense Podcast

In this episode, our co-hosts discuss current law governing restitution under the UCL and FAL, and damages under the CLRA, along with issues related to injunctive relief, including McGill v. Citibank.

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