Now Is Time for Class Action Reform

By Sen. Orrin Hatch
Special to Roll Call
Feb. 4, 2005, 12 a.m.

When a so-called remedy hurts the very people it is supposed to help, you know it is time for reform. That is the situation we face with the class-action system today. Fortunately, we have a solution in S. 5, the Class Action Fairness Act, a modest, carefully balanced measure that addresses the despicable abuses of class actions in state courts.



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