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Litigation

May 1, 2012

Plaintiffs' lawyers make bid to defeat mandatory arbitration

Less than 100 words. That's what consumer lawyers in California apparently believe it will take to get around the U.S. Supreme Court's recent limit on consumer class actions.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Less than 100 words. That's what plaintiffs' lawyers in California believe will take to get around the U.S. Supreme Court's recent limits on consumer class actions.


The Consumer Attorneys of California have finalized a bid to preserve plaintiffs' ability to band together in class actions in the form of a Senate bill set to be introduced today on the Assembly floor.


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