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Law Practice

Nov. 20, 2013

Tort lawyer lobby convention focuses on MICRA, court funding

At a conference in San Francisco, California's consumer attorney lobby emphasized its intention to fight the state's cap on medical malpratice payouts via the 2014 ballot, and vowed to continue its push for more court funding.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - California's tort lawyer bar capped off its annual convention last week with a gala studded with high-powered attorneys, influential legislators and a glowing awards ceremony at the historic Palace Hotel. But beneath the veneer of festivity, leaders of the Consumer Attorneys of California were hard at work seeking to burnish their influence in Sacramento and bolster their ambitious - and risky...

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