New York State Budget: Consumer and Small Business Protection Racket

New York State Budget: Consumer and Small Business Protection Racket

New York Post

Gov. Hochul had a version of it in her budget proposal: increasing the minimum payout for class-action lawsuits from $50 to $1,000 a person. The measure would create a highly subjective new standard for such suits that doesn’t require actual injury or even possible injury to bring suit against any business. Truth in labeling just isn’t Albany’s thing. This is simply a windfall for tort attorneys: a license to go fishing for targets, then recruit plaintiffs, file the case and demand a

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