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Law Practice

Mar. 26, 2020

Now is the time to save the civil justice system from COVID-19

This week as part of a wave of unprecedented changes to American life, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye discontinued all criminal and civil trials for at least two months. It was the right move in the face of a deadly contagion. But right now we must start looking ahead.

Brian S. Kabateck

Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP

Consumer rights

633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: 213-217-5000

Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com

Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.

This week as part of a wave of unprecedented changes to American life, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye discontinued all criminal and civil trials for at least two months. It was the right move in the face of a deadly contagion. But right now we must start looking ahead. This crisis will pass and the courts will reopen. But in the meantime, we need to recognize that our civil justice system is also a victim of COVID-19, and we need to act now to save it. Right now...

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