Payne

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On August 5, 1998, before the present proposed class action was ever filed, the Los Angeles County District Attorney and the Attorney General, each acting on behalf of the People of the State of California, secured separate judgments against defendants in the present lawsuit, Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) and National Collection Systems, Inc. doing business as National Credit Management (NCM). The separate August 5, 1998, judgments imposed injunctive and monetary relief and in part were based upon the provisions of Business and Professions Code sections 17200 through 17209, which are commonly called the unfair competition law. (See Stop Youth Addiction, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (1998) 17 Cal.4th 553, 558, fn. 2 , 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 731 , 950 P.2d 1086 ; ABC Internal Traders, Inc. v. Matsushita Electric Corp. (1997) 14 Cal.4th 1247, 1252 , 61 Cal.Rptr.2d 112 , 931 P.2d 290 .) As a result of the separate judgment secured by the Attorney General, 63 persons who were aggrieved by the alleged misconduct of defendants were ordered to receive restitution from NCM. None of the individuals who received restitution from NCM as a result…