Torts/Personal Injury,
Government,
Civil Litigation
Jan. 25, 2022
Cost of signature collecting dooms some propositions
The Civil Justice Association of California said last week it was reevaluating three proposed initiatives that would cap attorney contingency fees at 20% of recovered damages.
There are over 40 pending initiatives that could appear on the ballot this fall, including several that would affect the courts. But a lack of funding will ultimately stymie many of these efforts.
In fact, signature costs appear to have gone up again, meaning that it will probably take millions of dollars for most groups to even hope to qualify an effort. A lack of funding appears to have ended one effort already, that by the Civil Justice ...
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