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November 2008 Newsletter |
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 | Let's Appeal Arbitration Decisions
By MARK RAVIS, M.D., J.D. |
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Every experienced plaintiff's attorney in California knows that arbitration provisions operate to the disadvantage of their clients. Arbitrators are heavily pre-disposed to rule in favor of their repeat customers which are large institutions like Kaiser Permanente (which accounts for the overwhelming majority of arbitrated medical malpractice cases). Arbitration is pretty much a lawless procedure unilaterally imposed on unsuspecting consumers and patients.
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| Bailouts Today, Bail-bonds Tomorrow?
The possible role of bank and securities fraud in the sub-prime mortgage "crisis."
By LOUIS PACELLA, ESQ. |
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If you've spent significant time living in a cave recently, you might have missed that we are in the midst of what could be the worst financial crisis of modern times. But where did it begin and who caused it? While debates will rage on for years as to the actual source(s) of the problem, a natural starting point has to be the sub-prime lending process and how a sheer absence of due diligence allowed for multiple levels of fraud to erode our nation's financial system.
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| The Pioneer Echo: In Class Actions, The Right Of A Plaintiff To Discover The Identities Of Potential Class Members Is The Rule, Not The Exception
By H. SCOTT LEVIANT, ESQ. |
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In 2007, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc. v. Superior Court (Olmstead), 40 Cal.4th 360 (2007), a case concerning the right of a plaintiff to obtain contact information for potential class members. Plaintiff Patrick Olmstead filed a proposed class action alleging that one model of Pioneer DVD player was defective. Pioneer produced documents relating to complaints about the DVD player it had received from 700-800 consumers, but the company removed the consumers' names and contact information from the documents it turned over.
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