Litigation
Jul. 6, 2012
State bill addressing consumer class actions dies
A bill backed by plaintiffs' attorneys that sought to preserve consumer class actions died in the state Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A bill backed by plaintiffs' attorneys that sought to preserve consumer class actions died in the state Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Advocates saw Senate Bill 491 as a legislative attempt to work around the controversial AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Last year's ruling said that the Federal Arbitration Act supersedes state law protecting c...
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