Grayson's shakedown lawsuit threatens D.C. business

by Deborah J. La Fetra published in the Washington Examiner
Pacific Legal Foundation
Jul. 18, 2010

The lawmaker from Orlando wants to import to the District of Columbia a scheme that allowed lawyers in California to run a litigation protection racket against mom-and-pop businesses.

In a case now before D.C.'s local Court of Appeals, Grayson is asking to have the District's consumer protection ordinance interpreted -- or, rather, misinterpreted -- to permit lawsuits against businesses even if the plaintiff didn't suffer any injury.

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