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Portland, Oregon attorney David F. Sugerman handles class action and injury cases for Oregon consumers. David has extensive trial and appellate experience with disputes involving dangerous products, injuries, class actions, consumer fraud, and toxic exposures. David was admitted to practice in 1986.
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Consumer fraud class action update: Western Culinary Institute, Le Cordon Bleu, Career Education Corp.
Late yesterday, Career Education Corp and Western Culinary Institute/Le Cordon Bleu Portland filed a motion to compel arbitration in our consumer fraud class action. More on the case here. Short version is that three years after we filed the case, … Continue reading
At the tipping point: Have our rights to trial by jury been taken away?
Last night’s HBO premier of Hot Coffee, The Movie provided a great summary of all the ways in which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, large foreign corporations, and political operatives have banded together to end the right to trial by … Continue reading
The long fight ahead: Consumer advocates gear up on mandatory arbitration
In their recent decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, the U.S. Supreme Court gave a hearty five thumbs up to anything-goes arbitration clauses. The Court’s opinion means that consumers will trade their 7th Amendment rights to trial by jury for … Continue reading
I am not dead yet: Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act and insurance reform
Kudos to Steve Duin of The Oregonian for this column on Azusa Suzuki’s struggle to prove that she is entitled to Regence Blue Cross supplemental medicare insurance coverage for medical expenses incurred in a motor vehicle collision. Apparently Regence decided … Continue reading
Debt trap: for-profit colleges
One of the best articles I’ve seen recently on for-profit colleges. Please, please, please read this if you or anyone in your family is thinking about a for-profit school. From the trenches, we continue to pursue our class action against … Continue reading
Details emerge on KBR’s request for taxpayer bailuout
In today’s Oregonian, Julie Sullivan (aka “the one-woman wrecking crew”) reports here on emerging details of KBR’s request for a taxpayer bailout. Short version is that as revealed by depositions taken in our Oregon Army National Guard toxic injury case, … Continue reading
Food Safety Legislation S 510–Safety over fear
Good to see that the Senate is set to pass S. 510, a bill that would help regulate food producers. By way of background, we’ve had a lot of outbreaks of food-related disease due to unsafe and unregulated food producers. … Continue reading
Smoking gun in toxic injury case against KBR and Halliburton
In today’s Oregonian, Julie Sullivan reports here about a document provided to the soldiers in discovery that is one of those classic smoking guns. In our case, Bixby v. KBR, KBR and Halliburton claim that they didn’t know about the … Continue reading
Trade school fraud: Kaplan schools in the news
The New York Times reports here on the Kaplan schools woes. The Times goes to great lengths to note that its competitor, The Washington Post, owns Kaplan. I suppose some might see it as a dig and turn of the … Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court hearing argument in case that could end consumer protections
Today, the U.S. Supreme hears oral argument in Concepcion v. AT&T Mobility. The issue–preemption under the Federal Arbitration Act–sounds technical and mind-numbingly boring. While it looks boring, it’s an important case. Maybe one of the most important in years. Remember … Continue reading