What are California’s principal antitrust and trade regulation laws?
California’s principal antitrust and trade regulations laws are:
1. The Cartwright Act, which prohibits "trusts" -- that is, combinations that restrain trade;
2. The Unfair Practices Act which prohibits certain types of pricing practices such as sales below cost and price discrimination;
3. The Unfair Competition Law, which broadly prohibits unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices; and
4. The False Advertising Statute, which prohibits false advertising.
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