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Silicon Valley Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (SVCALA) was established in January of 1996 as a California Corporation designed to combat the current bureaucracy that perpetuates the state's costly avalanche of lawsuits. This grassroots organization was formed in response to a civil justice system that both encourages people to sue and lawyers to take advantage of victims.

Our leadership is comprised of small business and professional people from the Silicon Valley area who are united in a desire for meaningful reform of an out-of-control civil litigation system.

We believe that civil justice reform has not been adequately addressed by our lawmakers due to the influence of special interest groups on the legislative process. We feel that the public must become engaged in the debate over legal reform before California can solve its lawsuit crisis.

SVCALA's mission is to educate the public about the impact of lawsuit abuse on consumers and California's economy, thereby creating a climate for change.

Our goal is to bring balance, fairness, responsibility, and restraint to our court system. We focus on the adverse effect of frivolous and abusive lawsuits as a consumer issue. By raising the profile of lawsuit abuse, we believe there will be a change in public understanding, attitude and behavior. Clearly the system needs correction, and correction begins with education.

To achieve our goals, we will create a climate for change by:

Increasing public awareness of the true consequences of lawsuit abuse - destroyed businesses, lost jobs and higher prices for consumers;

Stimulate debate on the issue;

Serve as a watchdog group over those interests that use the system to seek undeserved financial gain at the expense of consumers.

Our message is simple - the California court system is out of control. It both invites and rewards abuse. The abuses threaten the very balance the court system was designed to achieve and prevents legitimate victims from being fairly compensated in a timely manner. When people abuse the system, we all pay and we all lose. As such, we all have a personal responsibility to fix the problem; to prevent the abuse while protecting one's access to the courts. SVCALA's desire is to see justice restored wherein both parties get evenhanded treatment, no more and no less.

Advancing the Message

To Increase public awareness and advance our stop lawsuit abuse message, we will:

Educate the public through paid media - billboards, television, radio, print ads, direct mail, and the Internet;

Encourage local citizens to support SVCALA by calling 1-408-975-0820, or contacting us through this web site, to enlist in the fight to stop lawsuit abuse;

Provide supporters with information and ammunition for the fight through newsletters, forums and a speaker's bureau;

Focus attention on those perpetuating lawsuit abuse as well as those trying to reform the system.

Silicon Valley Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is a nonprofit corporation and has been granted tax exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service under IRC section 501 ( c ) ( 6 ). Contributions or gifts to SVCALA are not deductible charitable contributions. However, they may be deductible under other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Checks should be made payable to Silicon Valley Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (SVCALA) and sent to: Silicon Valley Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse 700 empey Way • San Jose, CA 95128.

Show your support for SVCALA by calling 1-408-975-0820 and you will receive a free Action Kit. You may also contact SVCALA through the Internet.

 

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