Consumer Law

Huff Post Repost: Why I Care About BP's Legal Accountability

By Joe Consumer

Twelve years ago, I got together with some consumer advocates from around the country and formed the Center for Justice & Democracy. Our mission has always been to protect access to the civil courts for everyday people and fight attempts to limit corporate accountability for wrongdoing.

Our civil courts allow members of the public to confront the biggest corporations in the world on (more or less) a level playing field. Indeed, when it comes to helping victims of corporate violations, the United States has the best and, under some circumstances, the only laws available in the world for victims to obtain some sort of redress and to hold these corporate abusers financially accountable in court. But it's also a legal system that corporate wrongdoers will do anything to maneuver out of. I came to understand this not just working at CJ&D, but also after fighting for victims of some of the world's worst industrial disasters, work that has followed me throughout my life.

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Full post as published by ThePopTort on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).