Government
Apr. 6, 2022
Lawmakers take issue with language in secret settlement bill
SB 1149 would limit confidentiality in settlement agreements “regarding a defective product or environmental condition that poses a danger to public health or safety.”
State Sen. Connie Leyva got a lesson in what it can be like for a non-attorney facing a panel of lawyers on Tuesday.
Leyva’s bill, SB 1149, attempts to address a longtime goal of many Democrats in the Legislature: preventing companies from using court proceedings to hide potentially dangerous information the public needs to know. But several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including sympathetic Democrats, said the bill needed mo...
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