Beating back bad initiatives--one at a time
With three elections scheduled for 2008 in California, we've seen a tidal wave of initiative offerings announced and plunked into the expensive signature gathering process. Most of these measures come...
View ArticleAgent Orange: Federal Court Sides Against Vietnam Vets, Vietnamese People
Even as the costs of the Iraq war pile up, the human costs of the Iraq war continue to ripple out. On Friday, a federal appeals court rejectedan effort by Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange to...
View ArticleRant: Calling All Lawyers
It seems that Joe, Blanche, Mary, and Bennie are hell bent on killing any chance of health reform. They know that even if they voted against the bill straight up or down, that it will pass. They...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Sunday - BP Sued as "Known Felon" - BP Catastrophe AUV #449
You are in the current Gulf Watchers BP Catastrophe - AUV #449. ROV #448 is here.Bookmark this link to find the latest Gulf Watchers diaries.Follow the Gulf Watchers tag on DK4 by going here and...
View ArticleWeekly Audit: Hostile Takeover Threat Spurs Concessions from Michigan Unions
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium bloggerMichigan's new Emergency Manager Law is already forcing major concessions from unions. The law gives the governor the power to declare a city insolvent...
View Article"Union" Busting SCOTUS Style
The Supreme Court today has handed corporations another major victory in their battle to screw individuals with impunity. In a 5-4 vote they have allowed corporations to force customers to use...
View ArticleKoch's - Sometimes Vilification is "Justice"fied
For over a week something has been sitting in the back of my brain needing to be said and it wasn’t until this morning that I realized what it was. It all comes from the publications that I read...
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Thomas rules that If you Outsource your Lies, you're not Liable
Imagine you had the greatest Wall Street Scam, since CDO's and Credit Default Swaps -- and all you needed were some slick flyers, to get customers in the door.Now imagine, you "outsource" -- er, I...
View ArticleClass Action Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court on Behalf of Occupy...
Attorneys from the Seattle law firm Keller/Rohrback have agreed to represent protesters who have been banned from state property by the Washington State Patrol during demonstrations at the state...
View ArticleThe Scam I Clicked On
On May 11, I clicked on an add for a free trial of a face cream product, you 'only pay the postage'. As it turned out there were two products for the trial and you had to sign up separately and pay...
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Independence Day Reprieve for Consumers Enrolled in Blue Shield Policies To...
Commissioner Dave Jones Sides With Consumers, Echoes Concerns Raised by Consumer Watchdog in Lawsuit Over the So-Called “Death Spiral”Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog praised Insurance Commissioner...
View ArticlePaypal changing rule on class action lawsuits
Preserve your right to sue in court...info below the squiggle...Help me out with ideas of where I should post this if you could....
View ArticleOur female Supreme Court Justices in action
Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, just some dude interested in the Court who has boundless respect for our female Supreme Court Justices....Although many examples of Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg...
View ArticleFederal Judge Calls Out Debt Collection Attorneys Over Sham Class Settlements
This has been going on for years. When large debt buyers find out about widespread illegality within their company before they are actually sued for it, they do the following:1. Call up a friendly...
View ArticleSCOTUS ruling in Amex case continues night of the living dead
The latest ruling by the Supreme Court saying that merchants could not join in a class action against American Express may seem removed from most of our lives, and may appear to involve a...
View ArticleSchneiderman is suing Bank of America Corp, HSBC, for Foreclosure Illegalities
These are the thugs"scoff-laws" that our newly-formed Homeland Security apparatus, works so damn hard to protect, from the likes of peaceful protest marchers like OWS:New York Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleLet the Lawsuits begin
We do have Laws and Courts for a reason(s). Or at least we used to.And under that system we have certain rights to bring suit, when our rights have been infringed.So ... Let the Lawsuits begin:Group...
View ArticleLet 'em vote John. Class action suit?
I'm not a congressional procedure expert and don't even play one on the internet.It seems to me that the House has sent two or three bills over the to Senate. The Senate voted those down and sent their...
View ArticleVerdict Is In: California Courts Hellish
Isn't it funny when you totally agree with somebody, but for totally different reasons?The Washington D.C. based American Tort Reform Association, known as ATRA, released a report on Tuesday...
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