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	<title>Portland Oregon Personal Injury and Class Action Attorney – Lawyer – Paul and Sugerman PC &#187; frivolous lawsuits</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Birther&#8221; movement resorts to frivolous lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2009/09/birther-movement-resorts-to-frivolous-lawsuits</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The frivolous lawsuit canard often turns on whose ox is getting gored. When a consumer files a class action, it is&#8211;according to representatives of business interests&#8211;a frivolous lawsuit. But when someone who wants to close the courthouse doors files their own class action, it is to take on illegal conduct.
When a politician who is opposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New on Oregon Class Action Blog: The curious tale of the tort reformer who filed his own class action</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2009/08/new-on-oregon-class-action-blog-the-curious-tale-of-the-tort-reformer-who-filed-his-own-class-action</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonders never cease. Here&#8217;s a blog post at the Oregon Class Action blog about the California tort reform advocate who filed a class action against the City of Sacramento for towing his illegally parked car. Can&#8217;t hardly wait to see how this one comes out!
David Sugerman
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		<title>Oregon bleach-blonde luxury-litigator claim rejected</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2009/05/oregon-bleach-blonde-bad-hair-lawsuit-rejected</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2009/05/oregon-bleach-blonde-bad-hair-lawsuit-rejected#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of those cases that causes those of us who represent consumers to shake our heads. An affluent woman who has been bleaching her hair since childhood sues an upscale salon for botched hair treatment. She seeks $50,000 in humiliation damages, plus substantial out-of-pocket expenses for hair treatment and childcare.
Deliberating for just an hour, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity seller front group counsels beware of Thanksgiving lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/obesity-seller-front-group-counsels-beware-of-thanksgiving-lawsuits</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/obesity-seller-front-group-counsels-beware-of-thanksgiving-lawsuits#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Center for Science in the Public Interest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Consumer Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food labeling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[George Orwell would have marvelled at the name, &#8220;The Center for Consumer Freedom.&#8221; Is that a great name or what? So why are they opposed to food labeling requirements? Why do they claim that the obesity epidemic is a contrivance? And why do they counsel consumers to get written waivers from guests before serving unlabeled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber of Commerce trying to hold on to the trough</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/chamber-of-commerce-trying-to-hold-on-to-the-trough</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/chamber-of-commerce-trying-to-hold-on-to-the-trough#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bush administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back on the kleptocracy, and it looks like the Chamber of Commerce is working to keep its position at the trough by threatening to go to war with the incoming Obama administration. It seems that the Chamber is concerned about how new or revised regulations that reverse the Bush-era&#8217;s kleptocracy may affect the Chamber. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter crash survivor speaks about profound injuries</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/helicopter-crash-survivor-speaks-about-profound-injuries</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/helicopter-crash-survivor-speaks-about-profound-injuries#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Oregon Live]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a bit hard to read about the details of Bill Coultas&#8217; injuries from a helicpoter crash, but doing so gives good insight into why we need a fair and open justice system. Mr. Coultas suffered profound injuries in the helicopter crash. No wonder that survivors and relatives of those who died are pursuing claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the center of the financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/10/us-chamber-of-commerce-at-the-center-of-the-financial-crisis</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/10/us-chamber-of-commerce-at-the-center-of-the-financial-crisis#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Camber of Commerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a big fan of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. For years, they&#8217;ve led a concerted effort to bar the courthouse doors for ordinary Americans.  And now we learn that the Chamber is at the center of the deregulation frenzy that led to the Wall Street financial collapse.  Among the many points of interest:

U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bribery scheme adding to high food prices?</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/08/bribery-scheme-adding-to-high-food-prices</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/08/bribery-scheme-adding-to-high-food-prices#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do most of the grocery shopping for the family, so like everyone else, I&#8217;ve been wide-eyed at the steep increase in food prices.  I&#8217;ve heard a lot about rising fuel prices, credit crunches, and inflation as part of the talking heads&#8217; various explanations for the whys of it all.
I almost missed this piece on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-consumer measure 51 fails to qualify</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/anti-consumer-measure-51-fails-to-qualify</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/anti-consumer-measure-51-fails-to-qualify#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bush administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[attorney fees]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pspc.com/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some good news in what is something of a sleeper. Measure 51, a one-sided and unnecessary ballot measure that would limit consumers rights failed to qualify for the November ballot.  The measure would have limited attorney fees to 10 percent in most contingent fee cases.
Contingent fees are those paid as a percentage of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDX Verdict: Adidas v. Payless &#8211; So what&#8217;s the Chamber of Commerce to do?</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/05/pdx-verdict-adidas-v-payless-so-whats-the-chamber-of-commerce-to-do</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/05/pdx-verdict-adidas-v-payless-so-whats-the-chamber-of-commerce-to-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oregon consumer lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oregoinian&#8217;s Brent Hunsberger reports on this eye-catching honking huge trade infringement verdict handed down in U.S. District Court in Portland yesterday. Looks like the grand total&#8211;some $305 million&#8211;is a lot of cash for a dispute over whether Payless stores ripped off Adidas by selling knock-off products.
I&#8217;ve got no cause to question all this, except [...]]]></description>
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