Feb. 12, 2026
Justice for sale: How court backlogs favor deep-pocketed companies
America's success has long depended on strong courts enforcing contracts, but crushing backlogs, overburdened judges and costly private justice now threaten access to fair dispute resolution and tilt the economy toward those with the deepest pockets.
Daniel Y. Zohar
Phone: (213) 689-1300
Email: dzohar@zoharlawfirm.com
Daniel Y. Zohar is a lecturer at the UCLA School Law and the principal at the Zohar Law Firm in Los Angeles. He has been practicing law since 1993.
We are a litigious country, yet one reason the United
States has thrived is the strength of our judicial system.
For example, someone doing business in a developing country will tell you that contracts are often broken, and remedies rarely come through the courts, but through secret cas...
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