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Paul Thissen

Minnesota Lawyer on anti-consumer attorney fee legislation

March 21, 2009

Michelle Lore at Minnesota Lawyer picked up on my post about Minnesota DFL’ers out to eviscerate consumer protection laws. She included quotes from several Minnesota attorneys, who point out that in addition to being a dumb idea, the bill attacks the idea of a “private attorney general.” These statutes further the “private attorney general principle,” [...]

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Attorney fee provisions about to be eviscerated

March 10, 2009

I met with Paul Thissen last Sunday, and he assured me that after doing further research into the bill he sponsored, he changed his mind and withdrew the bill. It is dead. Minnesota DFL’ers are inexplicably out to eviscerate Minnesota consumer protection laws. Representative Paul Thissen (DFL), Representative Dave Olin (DFL), and Senator Linda Scheid [...]

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