Barbara Boxer: “The last time I looked, it was mostly one business suing another business. So before we come to the Senate and say we…”

“The last time I looked, it was mostly one business suing another business. So before we come to the Senate and say we have to do something about the class action lawsuits, saying every 2 seconds a lawsuit is filed gives the wrong impression. What we will find among colleagues, regardless of party, we all want to make sure these lawsuits are fair and that they are heard in a fair way. It appears when a class action lawsuit winds up in a Federal court, the judge, on many occasions, if not most occasions, refuses to hear it because the plaintiffs come from so many different States. I will give an example of what these lawsuits are about. When we talk about lawyers, we talk about fees, we talk about costs the lawyers have, or the time they have. We are overlooking the main point, which is: what are these class action lawsuits about?”