WEBSITE LINK for ALERT! on Class Action Suits

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The big boys think they're impervious...

Let's prove otherwise... and protect OUR rights!

Jan

 

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" Congress Watchdog " <congresswatchdog

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 19:38:47 -0400

WEBSITE LINK for ALERT! on Class Action Suits

 

The corporate assault on the ability of consumers and workers to bring class

action lawsuits comes to a head this week.

 

The U.S. House will vote on H.R. 1115, which would effectively revoke the

class action rules in every state by sending class action cases to federal

court. The Senate is expected to vote on a similar bill (S. 274) in coming

weeks.

 

Defendants believe they will have a huge advantage over consumers in federal

court. There it is harder to get a case approved for consideration, federal

judges are more conservative in interpreting the law, and crowded court

dockets will delay justice for months if not years.

 

That's why America's biggest companies and industries - insurance, banking,

pharmaceutical, tobacco, auto, HMOs and more - are furiously lobbying for

this legislation.

 

We need you to furiously lobby against this legislation!

 

Just click here to send a fax to your Representative:

http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=176 & source=2

<http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=176 & amp;source=2>

 

Just click here to send a fax to your Senators:

http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=177 & source=2

<http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=177 & amp;source=2>

 

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networks! It makes your voice louder.

 

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