Every once in a while, California’s voters think they are doing the right thing, but the results do not turn out to be what was intended. This will be the case if they pass the food labeling ballot initiative. Supporters of this initiative recently submitted enough signatures to place it on the ballot this fall. [...]
By the time this is published, the first stakeholder meeting regarding the compromise legislation to stop abusive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits, SB 1186 by State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Bob Dutton, will have occurred. CALA is supportive of the intent of this legislation and applauds this bipartisan effort to simultaneously fight abusive ADA lawsuits and [...]
Despite arbitration’s endorsement by Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court, it seems like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a problem with it. Hal Scott and Leslie Silverman recently wrote a commentary for the Wall Street Journal in which they point out that the SEC rejected proposals by the Carlyle Group, Pfizer and Gannett to mandate arbitration [...]
I was initially planning to post about how successful our Day at the Capitol events with the Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) went on April 24th, but things did not exactly turn out like we thought they would. Our annual Day at the Capitol was April 24th. Sunny weather and a great group of [...]
On Thursday, April 12, you could hear a huge sigh of relief from the business community in the state of California regarding a state Supreme Court decision on whether businesses have to ensure that workers take legally-mandated breaks in Brinker Restaurant Corp. et al v. The Superior Court for the State of California for the [...]
Recently, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein sent a letter to State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg on the issue of predatory ADA lawsuits that have been hurting businesses in California. Sen. Feinstein’s letter states that while she supports the ADA, as we all do, she feels that predatory ADA lawsuits are wrong and have a [...]
The Daily Recorder reported in late March that U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein has entered the fray on the predatory ADA lawsuits that have been ravaging the State of California. In a March 8 letter to fellow Democrat and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, she accused plaintiffs’ lawyers of coercing business owners into paying five-figure settlements by threatening them [...]
There are two things for certain this year in Sacramento. The first is the state has planned to spend more money than it has and the second is there will be quite a few bills in the Legislature related to reform of California’s Americans With Disabilities Act law. AB 1610 by State Assemblyman Donald Wagner was [...]
SB 1478 is authored by State Senator Tom Harman and sponsored by the Civil Justice Association of California. It would place a cap on the amount a defendant must post in order to stay a judgment and appeal a verdict. California law requires defendants to post 150 percent of a judgment to have an appeal heard. [...]
You no doubt are aware that there is a group of trial lawyers running around the State of California filing lawsuits against small businesses and even cities are that not compliant with the American with Disabilities Act. The California Commission on Disability Access has spent more than three years trying to get its house in [...]
