Government
Jun. 29, 2022
Initiatives to limit contingency fees fails to get signatures
“We think that this is a pervasive issue as far as lawyers taking really large percentages of recovery from consumers,” said Civil Justice Association of California president and chief executive officer Kyla C. Powell.
Petitions seeking to limit contingency fees to 20% for tort claims and certain consumer protection violations failed to garner enough signatures by Tuesday’s deadline to make it onto the November ballot. One of the petitions also sought to require plaintiffs to provide 60 days’ notice and opportunity to settle for those types of cases.
The proponent of the three initiatives was the Civil Justice Association of California, a tort reform gr...
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