REZEC v. SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

No. B160586.

10 Cal.Rptr.3d 333 (2004)

116 Cal.App.4th 135

Omar REZEC et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

As Modified February 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny & Myers, Robert M. Schwartz, Marvin S. Putnam and Ruth M. Moore, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.

Blumental & Markham, Norman B. Blumenthal, David R. Markham, San Diego, Kyle R. Nordrehaug; Prongay & Borderud, Kevin M. Prongay, Los Angeles, Jon W. Borderud; Philip C. Cifarelli; Alan Himmelfarb, Vernon; and Henry A. Koransky for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


MALLANO, J.

In marketing its films, a motion picture studio advertised films by falsely portraying a person as a film critic for a newspaper and attributing to him laudatory reviews about the films. Certain film viewers filed this lawsuit under the California Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof.Code, § 17200 et seq.), the False Advertising Law (id., § 17500 et seq.) and the Consumers Legal Remedies...

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