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Government

Jul. 30, 2010

California, Where Justice Just Got Outsourced

Welcome to California, where a private lawyer can get deputized by any of the state's district attorneys or city attorneys, by William L. Stern and Nicholas A. Roethlisberger of Morrison & Foerster.

By William L. Stern and Nicholas A. Roethlisberger

Imagine private lawyers suing civilly in the name of the People, unburdened by standing rules and wielding the hammer of civil penalties usually reserved for elected officials. Now imagine that a lawyer wanting to pin a lawman's badge on his own lapel didn't have to limit his solicitation to just the California Attorney General, but could get deputized by any of California's district attorneys or city attorneys. Welcome...

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