Let Consumers Sue Companies

Re:Let Consumers Sue Companies by mattnewton on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:44AM (#15072863)

The courts do, or buisinesses who lobbied congress for the mechanism do? Speculation, I don't actually know how this sausage got made, but I imagine it had a lot of grease from big companies.

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Re:Let Consumers Sue Companies by darpa_escapee on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:51AM (#15072936)

The prevailing narrative is that the court system is somehow constantly overloaded, so everything from settling out of court to plea bargains to private arbitration are favored.

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Re:Let Consumers Sue Companies by Sangermaine on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:08AM (#15073125)

You don't need to couch this in conspiratorial terms: it's not "the prevailing narrative", courts ARE overburdened. The "somehow" is that they are underfunded and understaffed, because creating more judicial resources means spending more money and often raising taxes, which no one wants to do.

Everyone wants more judicial capacity, no one wants to pay for it.

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