“Kill Bill(s)”

That’s part of the job at CAOC

Nancy Peverini

From Issue: 2023 August

Wrapping up the 2023 legislative session – a winner!

State convention is November 16, and we’re looking ahead to 2024 including the election

Saveena K. Takhar
Lea-Ann Tratten

From Issue: 2023 October

What did – and didn’t – happen during the 2025 legislative session

The rights of childhood sexual abuse survivors were under attack in 2025; also – an important deadline on survival actions

Nancy Peverini

From Issue: 2025 October

The wheels of justice

In Loomis v. Amazon and AB 1182, the court system and the legislative process collided, and consumers won

Lea-Ann Tratten

From Issue: 2021 July

The humanity of human suffering

Senate Bill 447 allows courts to award damages for a deceased person’s non-economic damages of pain, suffering, or disfigurement

Jacquie Serna

From Issue: 2024 September

The fight was won for non-economic damages to apply after death

Don’t neglect to take advantage of the new law

Nancy Peverini

From Issue: 2021 November

Wrapping up the legislative session

The 2023-2024 legislative session ended on August 31. Here are the major bills CAOC worked on in 2024

Nancy Peverini

From Issue: 2024 October

With SB 365, CAOC looks to stop corporate abuse when arbitration is denied

When a company’s arbitration agreement with an employee or customer is ruled invalid, too often the corporation will file a frivolous appeal to delay the victim’s case

Saveena K. Takhar

From Issue: 2023 May

Turning the page on 2020

Courts Crisis Committee to evaluate options in dealing with the COVID crisis in the civil courts

Nancy Peverini

From Issue: 2020 December

The shelf of corporate shame

SB 1149 (Leyva) will fix it. Protecting consumers against dangerous drugs and other products by removing the cloak of secret settlements

Nancy Peverini

From Issue: 2022 August

The good and the bad on the legislative front

Tort reform to limit contingency fees is stymied through 2026 election cycle by CAOC’s strategic agreement with CJAC

Nancy Peverini
Saveena K. Takhar

From Issue: 2024 November

Taking the lead in defeating attempts to allow non-lawyers to practice law

Your comments to the State Bar are needed now – today!

Jacquie Serna
Saveena K. Takhar

From Issue: 2022 January