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Sep. 24, 2004

Proposition 64 Limits Use of Unfair-Competition Statute

Forum Column - By Michael A.S. Newman - The experience of innumerable police states throughout history demonstrates that when a government offers a bounty to citizens to inform on their neighbors, the law becomes the tool of the corrupt. The unscrupulous inform on others to settle private grudges, to satisfy their envy or simply as a means of stealing wealth.

        Forum Column
        
        By Michael A.S. Newman
        
        The experience of innumerable police states throughout history demonstrates that when a government offers a bounty to citizens to inform on their neighbors, the...

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