Published Opinion: Prop 64 Does NOT Apply To Pending Cases

Today, the First District Court of Appeal issued a published opinion "concluding that Proposition 64, which imposes limits on private enforcement of unfair competition laws, does not apply to lawsuits filed before its effective date of November 3, 2004." Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn's, LLC is, for now at least, the law of the land -- the only published opinion addressing Prop 64 retroactivity. If you would like to read the court's rationale, you can open or download a copy of the court's opinion in Word format, or as a pdf file.