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Private Attorney General

A private citizen who commences a lawsuit to enforce a legal right that benefits the community as a whole.

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Fee-shifting and private attorneys general enforcement are not novel concepts, either in federal or Maryland law.
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Under the California Private Attorneys General Act, a plaintiff may seek recovery of penalties for violations of the seating requirement on behalf of all aggrieved employees.
United States : California Supreme Court Clarifies Employers' Obligation to Provide "Suitable Seating" to Employees
Congress intended that private litigants would primarily enforce the ADA, and hotels risk the costs of litigation, including class action litigation by private attorneys general.
ADA litigation make life inhospitable for nonconforming hotels
In addition, justices said unions cannot bring representative actions under the state's five-year-old Private Attorneys General Act because they are not "aggrieved employees.
Unions barred from filing suits on behalf of members
At least one state had long permitted private attorneys general.
The functions of standing
Schwarzenegger helped revise the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, which created new penalty risks for employers and formed the cornerstone of hundreds of class-action lawsuits alleging Labor Code violations ranging from overtime pay practices to workplace poster font size infractions.
New year will ring in new employment laws: here's how you can make sure you're in compliance
Private attorneys general provide a "backup" remedy when government bureaucracies fail to protect the public adequately.
Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights
The decision would "impede access to court for the less well-heeled, and shrink the incentive Congress created for the enforcement of federal law by private attorneys general," Justice Ginsburg said.
Supreme Court Ruling Limits Cost Shifting Attorneys' Fees for Plaintiffs
Legislative use of private attorneys general to enforce set norms has long been a familiar part of American government.
Thoughts about Professor Resnik's paper
Sunstein concludes that private attorneys general in no way threaten the Executive's enforcement of the law.
Of citizen suits and citizen Sunstein
needs private attorneys general to assist in protecting victims'
Class action "cops": public servants or private entrepreneurs?

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