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Litigation

Jun. 9, 2001

Assembly OKs Weaker Secrets Bill

SACRAMENTO - A bill that would ban secret settlements involving defective products and environmental hazards that can hurt the public barely passed the Assembly on Thursday in such amended form that one consumer group warned it might oppose it.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

        SACRAMENTO - A bill that would ban secret settlements involving defective products and environmental hazards that can hurt the public barely passed the Assembly on Thursday in such amended form that one consumer group warned it might oppose it.
        The vote was 41-4 in favor of AB36, but the measure need...

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