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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16721.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16721.5
(a) It is an unlawful trust and an unlawful restraint of trade for a person to do the following: (1) Grant or accept a letter of credit, or other document that evidences the transfer of funds or credit, or enter into a contract for the exchange of goods or services, if the letter
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16721.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16721.6
It is the intent of the Legislature that Sections 16721 and 16721.5 be interpreted and applied so as not to conflict with federal law with respect to transactions in the interstate or foreign commerce of the United States to the extent, if any, not preempted by the Export Adminis
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16722
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16722
Any contract or agreement in violation of this chapter is absolutely void and is not enforceable at law or in equity.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16725
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16725
It is not unlawful to enter into agreements or form associations or combinations, the purpose and effect of which is to promote, encourage or increase competition in any trade or industry, or which are in furtherance of trade.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16726
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16726
Except as provided in this chapter, every trust is unlawful, against public policy and void.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16727
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16727
It shall be unlawful for any person to lease or make a sale or contract for the sale of goods, merchandise, machinery, supplies, commodities for use within the State, or to fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16728
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16728
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, motor carriers of property, as defined in Section 34601 of the Vehicle Code, may voluntarily elect to participate in uniform cargo liability rules, uniform bills of lading or receipts for property being transported, uniform cargo cr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16729
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16729
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm as part of a contract, combination in the form of a trust, or conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce in violation of this chapter. (b) It shall be unlawful for a person to use or distribute a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1673
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1673
(a) On and after July 1, 2020, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide to a patient or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate a separate disclosure that includes the licensee’s probation status, the length of the pro
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16750
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16750
(a) Any person who is injured in his or her business or property by reason of anything forbidden or declared unlawful by this chapter, may sue therefor in any court having jurisdiction in the county where the defendant resides or is found, or any agent resides or is found, or whe
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16750.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16750.1
Any civil action to enforce any cause of action for a violation of this chapter shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. No cause of action barred under existing law on the effective date of the amendment of this section at the 1977–78 Regular Sessi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16750.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16750.2
Any person, other than the Attorney General or a district attorney, who commences, by writ or appeal, any proceeding in the Supreme Court of California or a state court of appeal in which a violation of this chapter is alleged or any application of this chapter is in issue shall
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16751
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16751
Whenever it appears to the court before which any proceedings under this chapter are pending that the ends of justice require that other parties shall be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be made parties defendant and summoned, whether or not they reside in th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16752
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16752
Upon a violation of this chapter by any corporation or association the Attorney General or the district attorney of the proper county may institute proper proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the forfeiture of charter rights, franchises or privileges and powers ex
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16753
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16753
Every foreign corporation or association, exercising any of the powers, franchises or functions of a corporation in this state, which violates this chapter, is subject to revocation of those powers, franchises or functions and upon such revocation is prohibited from doing any bus
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16754
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16754
The Attorney General, or the district attorney of any county, subject to the notice requirements of subdivision (g) of Section 16750, shall initiate civil actions or criminal proceedings for violation of this chapter. Civil actions and criminal proceedings for violation of this c
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16754.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16754.5
In any civil action brought by the Attorney General or a district attorney under this chapter, the court may, in addition to granting such prohibitory injunctions and other restraints as it may deem expedient to deter the defendant from, and insure against, his committing a futur
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16755
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16755
(a) Any violation of this chapter is a conspiracy against trade, and any person who engages in any such conspiracy or takes part therein, or aids or advises in its commission, or who as principal, manager, director, agent, servant or employee, or in any other capacity, knowingly
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16755.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16755.1
(a) A civil penalty of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be assessed and recovered in any civil action brought by the Attorney General or district attorney against any person, corporation, or business entity for each violation of this chapter. (b) In assessing
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16756
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16756
In any indictment, information or complaint for any offense named in this chapter, it is sufficient to state the purpose or effects of the trust or combination, and that the accused is a member of, acted with, or in pursuance of it, or aided or assisted in carrying out its purpos
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16756.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16756.1
Notwithstanding any other law, in a complaint for any violation of this chapter, it is sufficient to contain factual allegations demonstrating that the existence of a contract, combination in the form of a trust, or conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce is plausible, and the c
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16757
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16757
(a) In prosecutions under this chapter, it is sufficient to prove that a trust or combination exists, and that the defendant belonged to it, or acted for or in connection with it, without proving all the members belonging to it, or proving or producing any article of agreement, o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16758
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16758
In any action or proceeding brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney for the violation of this chapter no person shall be excused from attending, testifying or producing books, papers, or documents in obedience to subpena or under order of court on the ground that
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16759
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16759
(a) All those powers granted to the Attorney General as a head of a department under Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall be granted to the district attorney of any county when that district attorne
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16760
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 16760
(a) (1) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the name of the people of the State of California, as parens patriae on behalf of natural persons residing in the state, in the superior court of any county which has jurisdiction of a defendant, to secure monetary relief a