CALA Blog

16 May

No Comments ADA, Education, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs, PIL Influence

Access vs. More Lawsuits – Is There a Balance?

Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 at 4:31 pm by Tom Scott

By the time this is published, the first stakeholder meeting regarding the compromise legislation to stop abusive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits, SB 1186 by State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Bob Dutton, will have occurred. CALA is supportive of the intent of this legislation and applauds this bipartisan effort to simultaneously fight abusive ADA [...]

26 April

No Comments ADA, Class Action, Education, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs, PIL Influence, Proposition 65, Taxpayer

Shut Out at the Capitol

Posted on Thursday, April 26th, 2012 at 3:16 pm by Tom Scott

I was initially planning to post about how successful our Day at the Capitol events with the Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) went on April 24th, but things did not exactly turn out like we thought they would. Our annual Day at the Capitol was April 24th. Sunny weather and a great group of [...]

17 April

No Comments Education, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs, PIL Influence

A Big Ruling by The Supreme Court

Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 2:44 pm by Tom Scott

On Thursday, April 12, you could hear a huge sigh of relief from the business community in the state of California regarding a state Supreme Court decision on whether businesses have to ensure that workers take legally-mandated breaks in Brinker Restaurant Corp. et al v. The Superior Court for the State of California for the [...]

9 April

No Comments ADA, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs

“Create Jobs, Not Lawsuits” Tour Pulls into Downtown Los Angeles

Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012 at 10:45 am by Maryann Marino

Energy, enthusiasm and excitement filled the air when dozens of small business owners and victims of abusive lawsuits joined with California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) on April 4th in Los Angeles at a stop on the “Create Jobs, Not Lawsuits” Tour. LA City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, CALA’s 2010 Champion Against Lawsuit Abuse, discussed his [...]

4 April

No Comments ADA, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs, PIL Influence

Feinstein Calls On CA Legislature to End to ADA Predatory Lawsuits

Posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 11:50 am by Tom Scott

The Daily Recorder reported in late March that U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein has entered the fray on the predatory ADA lawsuits that have been ravaging the State of California. In a March 8 letter to fellow Democrat and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, she accused plaintiffs’ lawyers of coercing business owners into paying five-figure [...]

28 March

No Comments ADA, Education, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Silly Lawsuits

The CALA “Create Jobs, Not Lawsuits” Tour comes San Diego

Posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 at 10:34 am by Maryann Marino

The CALA “Create Jobs, Not Lawsuits” tour came to San Diego on March 23 to rally the community in support of legal reform. Several small business owners who have been the victims of abusive lawsuits joined Assemblyman Brian Jones, a member of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, who shared his efforts to combat abusive lawsuits and [...]

27 March

No Comments Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Taxpayer

Support SB 1478 – Appeals Bond Cap

Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 at 5:28 pm by Tom Scott

SB 1478 is authored by State Senator Tom Harman and sponsored by the Civil Justice Association of California. It would place a cap on the amount a defendant must post in order to stay a judgment and appeal a verdict.  California law requires defendants to post 150 percent of a judgment to have an appeal [...]

19 March

1 Comment ADA, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs, PIL Influence

ADA Lawsuit Reform – Is It Possible?

Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2012 at 11:38 am by Tom Scott

You no doubt are aware that there is a group of trial lawyers running around the State of California filing lawsuits against small businesses and even cities are that not compliant with the American with Disabilities Act. The California Commission on Disability Access has spent more than three years trying to get its house in [...]

2 March

No Comments ADA, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs, Silly Lawsuits

Hotel Owners Beware…more Lawsuits on the Way

Posted on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 at 3:22 pm by Julie Griffiths

If you own a hotel or motel with a pool and you haven’t added ADA-compliant lifts to your pools by March 15, 2012, you will be, once again, a target for lawsuits.  The Department of Justice took months in answering the concerns of lodging owners across America about this issue. The owners have repeatedly requested [...]

1 March

No Comments ADA, Education, Fighting Lawsuit Abuse, Jobs

Lodi Residents Joined CALA to Say “End Lawsuit Abuse”

Posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 1:33 pm by Julie Griffiths

Last week, CALA gathered more than 50 small business owners and community leaders in Lodi, CA to discuss the issue of lawsuit abuse and what can be done about it. Lodi and its surrounding cities have been plagued by lawsuit abuse in recent years. Almost every storefront shop owner knows of one or two other [...]