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@RepSummerLee: "My colleagues seem far more concerned with protecting Johnson & Johnson’s carcinogenic talcum powder that cause Black and brown women to develop ovarian cancer, than protecting the American people…"
Today, members of Congress called out corporations for attempting to evade accountability to the workers and consumers they hurt.
Members tried repeatedly to extract some sense of corporate responsibility to the American public.
Here’s how it went... 🧵
@RepRoKhanna: “Just to recap, you’ve got a pill for leukemia patients. You sell it at $484 per capsule. That’s $160,000 a year. You make $22 billion over that, over the last 10 years, and you’re making $65 billion in profit.”
@CongressmanRaja: "It's your position that the claims of these 19,000 lawsuits and more, are specious and lack scientific merit. But your claims that somehow your product, Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder, is life-enhancing...are themselves specious."
For years, Andrus Anderson partner Jennie Lee Anderson @jennielee415 waged an epic battle to protect UC’s cheerleaders. This high impact result will undoubtedly prevent brain injuries in the future! https://t.co/poWXvAsnd7 Sharing Tools (Premium)
The always thoughtful @ErikWemple takes a hard look at the new forced arbitration clause being used by the NY Times. It's flat out hypocritical, in light of their own superb reporting establishing just how unfair forced arbitration is
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A "No" vote on SB 1149 will cost lives. There's no place for secrecy when it comes to defective products and environmental hazards. @QuirkSilva65th @BauerKahan@ASM_Irwin
Throughout my 20 years as a lawyer, I've seen court secrecy protect corporate wrongdoers. The court system should be OPEN. Yes on SB 1149! @AsmGrayson @Evan_Low
Too often, the courts will let corporations keep secrets about defective products with harmful - and deadly - results.
Maggie's horrifying experience with a faulty birth control product proves how important it is for #CAleg to pass #SB1149 to save lives & protect consumers.
MUST WATCH: Attorney @dougjmcn worked on case against Purdue Pharma and saw firsthand how court protective orders hid facts about Oxycontin's addictive qualities. Leading to many deaths that could have been prevented VOTE YES #SB1149#CALeg
MUST WATCH: Attorney @dougjmcn worked on case against Purdue Pharma and saw firsthand how court protective orders hid facts about Oxycontin's addictive qualities. Leading to many deaths that could have been prevented VOTE YES #SB1149#CALeg
Secrecy infects the civil justice system. This bill would go a long way to correct the current situation. Read on if you’re interested. (Plus, I’m quoted.) Thanks @Public_Justice and @ConsumerAttysCA@ConsumerReports for support!
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Victory: "Now moving one step closer to becoming law, the Assembly Judiciary Committee today passed Senate Bill 1149 authored by @SenatorLeyva, which would protect the public’s right to know the facts about dangerous public hazards that are discovered during litigation." #CALeg
Women lawyers have worked hard to get where they are. Now pay them fairly. Check out Lori Andrus' Insight piece for Bloomberg Law.
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EXCLUSIVE in @FortuneMagazine: New data from AAJ reveals how Intuit and H&R Block Scammed Taxpayers. Now They're Trying To Scam The Courts. #EndForcedArbitration https://t.co/l5XLYhnjez