California Unfair Competition Law (UCL) [Subtitles]
2022/ 3/ 11
Representations and Warranties Insurance Part 1
2022/ 3/ 11
Covington & Burling LLP
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In this video, Ashley Simonsen discusses the risks that California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL) poses for businesses that market or sell products or services to California consumers, from social media companies to food manufacturers. She explains how the UCL allows plaintiffs to bring sweeping class action lawsuits to challenge business practices that would not be actionable under other laws. She also reviews the steps that businesses can take to defend themselves from UCL class actions and prevail at early stages of litigation.
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Ashley Simonsen is a litigator whose practice focuses on defending complex class actions in state and federal court. Ashley has successfully represented clients in the financial services, technology, consumer brands, and sports industries through all stages of litigation, including trial, with a strong track record of success on early dispositive motions. She has become one of the nation’s leading experts on “true lender” issues and the related “valid when made” doctrine, having won a complete defense victory for a bank in what is believed to be the first time a bank has ever defeated “true lender” claims following an evidentiary hearing. Ashley was named a "Class Action MVP" in 3 and a "Top Attorneys Under 3” in XNUMX by LawXNUMX. She was also named a Leader of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers by the Los Angeles Business Journal in XNUMX. Before practicing law, Ashley was an associate at Lehman Brothers in New York where she advised banks on balance sheet management and interest rate hedging strategies.
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It has been selected as one of the "100 Global Elites Selected by GCR" many times in the past from the Global Competition Review, and has been selected as one of the world's top 2015 antitrust laws every year from 19 to 20.In addition to being repeatedly named on the "A List" by American Lawyers, he has been ranked in the Top 25 in the US in the General Counseling category of Americas Best Corporate Law Firm by Corporate Board Members.
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