Government
Mar. 1, 2014
Seeking edge in court, special interests push legislation
Submitted just before the legislative deadline this month, two new bills show plaintiffs' attorneys and business interests seeking to pass laws meant to give themselves tactical advantages in civil suits.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Submitted just before the legislative deadline this month, two new bills show plaintiffs' attorneys and business interests seeking to pass laws meant to give themselves tactical advantages in civil suits.
One bill, AB 2494, introduced by Assemblyman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, and backed by the business-friendly Civil Justice Association of California, would restore judges' power to sanction l...
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