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"Leveling the Playing Field," The Daily Journal, May 4, 2007
"Class-Action Dissonance," The Daily Journal, March 5, 2007
"Language on Form Spares Lawyer $500,000," The Daily Journal, February 16, 2007
"Case of the tour-bus kickbacks: bellhops win big settlement," San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 3, 2007
"Tour bus companies settle price-fixing suit," San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 30, 2006
"Ruling Renders Prop. 64 Retroactive," The Recorder, July 25, 2006
"Ruling Threatens Consumer Lawsuits," Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2006
"Class Actions Hamstrung in Prop 64 Cases," The Recorder, July 12, 2006
"UCL Suits to Target Illegal Hiring," The Recorder, July 7, 2006
"State's High Court to Untangle Voter-Modified Unfair Competition Law," San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 21, 2005 (subscription)
"Supreme Court Will Decide Prop. 64 Retroactivity," The Daily Journal, April 28, 2005 (not available online)
"State High Court to Review Cases in Prop. 64 Flap," The Recorder, April 28, 2005
"Clarification" re "Defense Firms Hail Prop. 64," National Law Journal, February 7, 2005
"1st District Rejects Retroactive Use of Initiative on Tort Reform," The Daily Journal, February 3, 2005 (not available online)
"First District Rules Prop 64 Not Retroactive," The Recorder, February 2, 2005
"Prop 64, In Reverse," The Recorder, January 24, 2005
"Blogging the Law," Sacramento Bee, January 3, 2005 (scroll down)
"Judge Denies Retroactivity of Proposition 64," The Daily Journal, January 3, 2005 (not available online)

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by Kimberly A. Kralowec

Proposition 64 Appellate Briefs

“Injury in Fact” Briefs
In re Tobacco II Cases:

Petition for Review (filed 10/13/06)
Answer to Petition for Review (filed 10/30/06)
Opening Brief on the Merits (filed 12/15/06)
Answer Brief on the Merits (filed 01/30/07)
Reply Brief on the Merits (filed 02/22/07)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Pacific Legal Foundation (submitted 03/23/07; filed 04/04/07)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Consumer Attorneys of California (submitted 03/26/07; filed 04/09/07)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Pfizer, Inc. (submitted 03/26/07; filed 04/09/07)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (submitted 03/26/07; filed 04/09/07)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (submitted 03/27/07; filed 04/09/07)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Civil Justice Association of California (submitted 03/27/07; filed 04/09/07)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Consumers Union of United States, Inc. (submitted 04/13/07; filed 04/19/07)
Amici Curiae Brief of the National Consumer Law Center and National Association of Consumer Advocates (submitted 04/23/07; filed 05/04/07)
Amici Curiae Brief of Farmers Insurance Exchange and Granite State Insurance Exchange (submitted 04/23/07; filed 05/04/07)
Amici Curiae Brief of Curt Schlessinger, Peter LoRe, and the California Law Institute (submitted 04/23/07; filed 05/04/07)
Amici Curiae Brief of Public Citizen, Inc., and The Center for Auto Safety (submitted 04/24/07; filed 05/04/07)
Amici Curiae Brief of Verisign, Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC (submitted 04/24/07; filed 05/04/07)

Pfizer v. Superior Court:

Pfizer's Petition for Writ of Mandate (filed 12/29/05)
Real Party In Interest's Opposition (filed 03/09/06)
Pfizer's Response (filed 03/29/06)
Amicus Curiae Brief of California Attorney General (filed 04/21/06)
Amici Curiae Brief of U.S. Chamber of Commerce et al. (filed 04/24/06)
Amici Curiae Brief of Civil Justice Association of California et al. (filed 04/24/06)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (filed 04/24/06)
Real Party in Interest's Response to Amici Curiae Briefs (filed 05/15/06)
Petition for Review (filed 08/11/06) (Supreme Court)

Retroactivity Briefs
Bivens v. Corel Corp.:

Petition for Review (filed 03/29/05)
Answer to Petition for Review (filed 04/19/05)

Bivens v. Gallery Corp.:

Petition for Review (filed 01/13/06)

Branick v. Downey Sav. & Loan Assn.:

Opening Brief on the Merits (Supreme Court) (filed 06/13/05)
Answer Brief on the Merits (Supreme Court) (filed 07/25/05)
Amicus Curiae Brief of AARP (Supreme Court) (filed 08/10/05)
Reply to AARP Amicus Curiae Brief (Supreme Court) (filed 08/31/05)
Reply Brief on the Merits (Supreme Court) (filed 09/02/05)

Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn's, LLC:

Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal (Court of Appeal) (filed 12/21/04)
Opening Brief on the Merits (Supreme Court) (filed 05/31/05)
Answer Brief on the Merits (Supreme Court) (filed 07/14/05)
Reply Brief on the Merits (Supreme Court) (filed 08/23/05)
Amicus Brief of AARP (Supreme Court) (leave to file granted 08/31/05)
Amici Curiae Brief of California Chamber of Commerce et al. (Supreme Court) (submitted 09/15/05)
Amicus Brief of Center for Biological Diversity and Electronic Frontier Foundation (Supreme Court) (submitted 09/21/05)
Amicus Brief of Express Scripts, Inc., National Prescription Administrators, Inc., Aetna Health of California, Inc. and Aetna Life Ins. Co. (Supreme Court) (submitted 09/22/05)
Amici Curiae Brief of Consumer Attorneys of California, Janice Duran and Julia Ramos (Supreme Court) (submitted 09/22/05)
Amici Curiae Brief of Pacific Legal Foundation and Central California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (Supreme Court) (submitted 09/22/05)
Amicus Curiae Brief of CJAC (Supreme Court) (submitted 09/23/05)
Amici Curiae Brief of National Association of Consumer Advoates and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Supreme Court) (accepted for filing 09/29/05)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Calif. League for Environmental Enforcement Now (Supreme Court) (accepted for filing 09/29/05)
Petition for Rehearing (Supreme Court) (filed 08/08/06)
Answer to Petition for Rehearing (Supreme Court) (filed 08/16/06)

Cohen v. Health Net of California, Inc.:

Appellant's Supplemental Brief re Proposition 64 (filed 02/17/05)
Petition for Rehearing (filed 05/03/05)
Petition for Review (filed 06/27/05)

Consumer Advocates v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.:

Consumer Advocates' Letter Brief on Prop. 64 (filed 12/03/04)
DaimlerChrysler's Letter Brief on Prop. 64 (filed 12/03/04)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Consumer Attorneys of California and other groups in support of Consumer Advocates (application for leave to file submitted 12/03/04)
Amicus Curiae Brief of AARP in support of Consumer Advocates (application for leave to file submitted 12/03/04)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Jacq Wilson in support of Consumer Advocates (application for leave to file submitted 12/14/04)

Dunham v. Memberworks, Inc.:

Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal (filed 03/18/05)

Duran v. Superior Court (May Dept. Stores):

Petition for Writ of Mandate (filed 03/16/05)
Petition for Review (filed 04/01/05)

Foundation Aiding the Elderly v. Superior Court:

Petition for Writ of Mandate (filed 03/11/05)
Opposition to Petition for Writ of Mandate (filed 03/28/05)

Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Superior Court:

Petition for Review (filed 01/06/06)

Kids Against Pollution v. California Dental Association:

Supplemental Brief on Prop. 64 (filed 12/10/04)
Response to Supplemental Brief on Prop. 64 (filed 01/19/05)
Amici Curiae Brief of California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. and Consumer Attorneys of California (filed 03/09/05)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Civil Justice Association of California (filed 04/20/05)
Amici Curiae Brief of California Bankers Association and California Chamber of Commerce (filed 04/20/05)

Krumme v. Mercury Insurance Corp.:

Petition for Rehearing (filed 11/16/04)
Answer to Petition for Rehearing (filed 11/23/04)
Petition for Review (filed 12/09/04)
Answer to Petition for Review (filed 12/21/04)
Reply to Answer to Petition for Review (filed 01/04/05)

Mastercard Int'l v. Superior Court:

Petition for Review (filed 02/14/05)

Merritt v. Cingular Wireless, LLC:

Appellant's Brief (filed 03/10/05)

Schwartz v. Visa Int'l Service Corp.:

Petition for Review (filed 11/07/05)

Virtual Media Group, Inc. v. Superior Court:

Petition for Review (filed 12/08/04)

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