WASHINGTON -- Opponents of a bill to curb class-action lawsuits are gathering an arsenal of amendments to try to dilute or derail it, after efforts to stop it from reaching the U.S. Senate floor appeared to have failed, aides said. The bill, the dream of the U.S. corporate community but the bane of trial lawyers, would transfer many large class-action lawsuits from state courts to federal courts, where experts say they have less chance of success.
Posted by Editor at June 10, 2004 05:21 PM