Government
Apr. 28, 2016
Senate Judiciary Committee rip apart arbitration but pass modest bills
To regulate arbitration, state Democratic lawmakers passed five plaintiffs' lawyer-backed bills out of committee on Tuesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
State Democratic lawmakers passed five plaintiffs' lawyer-backed bills out of committee on Tuesday to regulate arbitration, a legal forum the legislators tore apart as opaque and too business-friendly.
"It's horrible," declared Sen. Robert M. Hertzberg of Van Nuys at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. "I'd throw the whole damn thing out if I could."
No senators spoke in defense of t...
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