Patrick Leahy: “the current version of class action legislation has undergone a number of changes since it was reported by the Judiciary…”

“the current version of class action legislation has undergone a number of changes since it was reported by the Judiciary Committee. Some of these changes have been improvements. I want to note that. Some have not. I know that Senators Dodd, Landrieu, Schumer, Kohl, and Carper negotiated some procedural improvements to S. 1751. I believe these do help. I appreciate their efforts to rein in some of the worst aspects of the bill. For example, these improvements restricted the use of worthless coupon settlements. I agree with that. To hear some of the commentators about this bill, you would think that was not in there, but I want everybody to know it is. They also eliminated some provisions that were harmful to civil rights and consumer plaintiffs who endure hardships as a result of initiating and pursuing litigation. But in other aspects, the compromise failed to achieve their intended goals.”