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Government

Mar. 8, 2012

Tort reform group pays campaign finance fine

The Civil Justice Association of California, a tort-reform and pro-business lobbying group, has agreed to pay $6,000 in fines for violations relating to its establishment of an independent political committee.

By Emily Green

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Civil Justice Association of California, a tort-reform and pro-business lobbying group, has agreed to pay $6,000 in fines for violations relating to its establishment of an independent political committee.

Known as Put California Back to Work, the committee spent more than $1.2 million in 2010 in support of conservative Democrat Juan Vargas's bid for a state senate seat against fellow Democrat and then assemblywoman Ma...

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