Uber's SB 623 Deal: The Real Target Wasn't the Fee Cap | Kabateck & Karnikian: Off the Record, Ep. 7

Uber and California's trial lawyers were headed for the most expensive ballot fight in state history, a constitutional amendment that would have capped attorney fees and medical costs at 25% of recovery across every vehicle accident in the state. Then Governor Newsom signed SB 623 and it went away. Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the deal: what the initiative actually threatened, why Uber's real target was inflated medical bills rather than fees, how Howell v. Hamilton Meats and the rise of lien doctors set the stage, and what the new cap on medical liens means going forward. Kabateck, a past president of the Consumer Attorneys of California, doesn't spare the bad actors he says invited the fight, and makes the case for why the whole thing should be a wake-up call for the plaintiffs' bar.

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