Here's some attorney practice materials (a whitepaper) on the California's Unfair Competition Law: http://www.stroock.com/SiteFiles/Pub168.pdf http://www.strooc

Here's some attorney practice materials (a whitepaper) on the California's Unfair Competition Law: http://www.stroock.com/SiteFiles/Pub168.pdf http://www.stroock.com/SiteFiles/Pub168.pdf (PDF). In the first paragraph it is described, quoting a CA Supreme Court Justice, as "a standardless, limitless, attorney fees machine" that, because of its "broad and sweeping provisions," "will continue to be alleged in almost every consumer protection action."