Comments on: California’s Proposition 79 https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/10/californias-proposition-79/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/10/californias-proposition-79/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:30:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2728#comment-1441 California Prop 79

On National Review Online, Paul Howard of the Manhattan Institute warns against it:The proposition [among other provisions] also makes “profiteering” by companies illegal. Profiteering is defined as “an unconscionable price” or an “unreasonable profit,…

]]> By: Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/10/californias-proposition-79/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:40:14 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2728#comment-1440 Next week’s balloting

Looking forward to next Tuesday’s election: * The American Justice Partnership is blasting Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tim Kaine, noting that while a practicing trial lawyer he was sanctioned by a court for filing a…

]]> By: Coyote Blog https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/10/californias-proposition-79/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:33:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2728#comment-1439 More on California Bounty Hunting

Walter Olson has a post on California Prop 79, whichcontains a sneaky, little-discussed provision that will empower trial lawyers to file bounty-hunting suits against pharmaceutical companies if the companies charge prices that lead to any unjust and u…

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