Civil Litigation
Mar. 25, 2010
Opinion Poll Issues Flawed Results
Eric Kingsley and Elana Levine of Kingsley & Kingsley discuss the recent ranking of California as one of the worst states in terms of its litigation climate.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner, Kingsley & Kingsley APC
Labor & Employment
16133 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436
Phone: (818) 990-8300
Fax: (818) 990-2903
Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
Elana R. Levine
Senior Counsel, Jacobson, Russell, Saltz, Nassim & de la Torre LLP
Email: lani@llglaw.com
Elana's practice is devoted to litigating wage and hour representative and class actions in California. She is an active member of the California Employment Lawyers Association.
By Eric Kingsley and Elana Levine
We have seen this scenario time and again: a defendant, upon being served with a lawsuit issues a press release stating that he or she "intends to vigorously defend this frivolous lawsuit." The phrase has become so overused it has lost any meaning. This phrase is echoed in a recent nation-wide study conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) entitled "Lawsuit Climate 2010: Ranking the States." In the poll...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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