IN RE CALIFORNIA BAIL BOND ANTITRUST LITIGATION (2019)
In January 2019, after more than a year of investigation by JCL, the National Consumer Law Center, Public Counsel, Towards Justice, JCL and national law firm Lieff Cabraser, filed a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit filed in federal court, alleging that an antitrust conspiracy among companies offering commercial bail bonds unlawfully fixed the prices of the bond premiums since at least 2004, to the detriment of California’s most vulnerable citizens and the justice system itself. The class of plaintiffs allege that surety cartel operated by Defendants overpriced bail bonds, harming thousands of Californians, including people who were arrested but never charged, and family members who paid the inflated price to secure the release of their loved ones. The lawsuit explains that the scheme to inflate the price of commercial bail perpetuates an unfair system that entraps heavily-policed California communities in harmful cycles of poverty and consumer debt. The LA Times wrote about the case here.
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