California’s Unfair Competition Law is found in Business & Professions Code sections 17200 et. seq. The Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”) prohibits two types of conduct: (1) any “unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice,” and (2) any unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising, or other type of advertising prohibited by Business & Professions Code sections 17500 et. seq. This article deals with unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business acts or practices.
