An Open Letter to Rob Stutzman
I thought long and hard about whether I should write you. I have known you for a long time and have great respect for the work you do, but I have spent a large part of my life fighting lawsuit abuse and for legal reform. When I first heard about your class action against Lance Armstrong and […]
The Circus Is Coming to Town! Not in LA…
I will be honest that I am not exactly a circus guy, political circus maybe, but for the most part the whole circus thing never really did much for me. Over the holidays I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about a large settlement between Feld Entertainment, producer of Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus […]
Misuse A Product, Take Responsibility, Don’t Sue!
The Sacramento Bee reported last week a story about Jason Starn. Mr. Starn is a Modesto resident and a former law student who filed a lawsuit last June against three stores who sold him nitrous oxide. While using the nitrous oxide Mr. Starn suffered a seizure, which in turn caused him to lose all feeling from the […]
CA Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
It just would not be right for California to finish off 2012 without one more designation as being the worst at something. Our state seems to receive several of these each year: one of the worst legal climates, the state with the worst government, the worst place to do business, and now, we are the […]
The 2013 CALA Legal Reform Wish List
California’s economy has taken a beating over the last five years. One thing our legislature and public officials can do to help our economy grow is embrace legal reform to create jobs and make California more appealing to investors. With that said, here is CALA’s 2013 Wish List for Legal Reform: Restore Court Funding – […]
We Are Courting Serious Trouble
There are not a lot of issues that legal reformers and trial lawyers agree on, but one of those issues is court funding – specifically, the need for an adequately funded court system to ensure access to the civil justice system. According to the National Center for State Courts, there were more than 1.2 million civil […]
Voters Should Not Be Ignored on Legal Reform
The Great Election of 2012 is over and now we all need to get down to business. Washington has its problems with a fiscal cliff and California has serious financial and unemployment issues. The voters want leadership and results and they really do not want to have to deal with it every other year on […]
Legal Reform Can Be Bipartisan
No matter which way this election goes in California and the rest of the nation, there will always be one constant: if we are truly going to tackle major issues like legal reform we are going to have to work together. While it can be difficult, it can be done and does not require leaders […]
Do Not Be Fooled, Vote No on Prop 37!
We have less than two weeks left until the November election, and I thought I would make one last argument against Prop 37, in case anyone was still undecided. Nearly every daily newspaper in California has come out against Prop 37. Their reasons for opposing Prop 37 have varied, including the cost to implement the […]
What Are You Thinking Yuba City?
I heard some news out of Yuba City this past week that really makes me wonder what its leaders are thinking. After the city and several small businesses were hit by a flurry of lawsuits alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Yuba City decided that it would become a trend setter. The […]