AB 325 (Aguiar-Curry D) Cartwright Act: violations.AB 325 (Aguiar-Curry D) Cartwright Act: violation

Current Text: Amended: 4/9/2025
Last Amend: 4/9/2025
Status: 4/10/2025-Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
Location: 4/8/2025-A. P. & C.P.
Summary: Current law establishes the Attorney General as the head of the Department of Justice,
with charge of all legal matters in which the state is interested, except as specified. Current law
imposes various requirements on the Attorney General related to consumer protection, including,
among others, the supervision of charitable trusts and the enforcement of antitrust laws. Current law,
commonly known as the Cartwright Act, identifies certain acts that are unlawful restraints of trade and
unlawful trusts and prescribes provisions for its enforcement. Current law requires a complaint or
cross-complaint to contain, among other things, a statement of facts constituting the cause of action,
in ordinary and concise language. This bill would instead provide that in a complaint for any violation of
the Cartwright Act, it is sufficient to contain factual allegations demonstrating that the existence of a
contract, combination in the form of a trust, or conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce is plausible.
The bill would provide that a complaint for any violation of the Cartwright Act is not required to allege
facts tending to exclude the possibility of independent action.