Letters
Oct. 20, 2011
Private lawyers make large-scale public nuisance cases possible
A reader responds to "Just don't do it: Prosecutors should avoid partnering with plaintiffs' lawyers."
Sanford Jay Rosen
Partner
Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
101 Mission Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco , CA 94105
Phone: (415) 433-6830
Fax: (415) 433-7104
Email: srosen@rbgg.com
Yale Law School; New Haven CT
Kim Stone and the Civil Justice Association of California abhor the recent decision in County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court, in which the state Supreme Court refused to extend the narrow holding of People ex rel. Clancy v. Superior Court to create an unnecessary and impractical universal prohibition of contingent fee arrangements between public entities and private lawyers who assist them with public nuisance cases. See "Just don't do it: Prosecutors should avoid partne...
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