Quote – William B. Norris, Chamber of Commerce, Testimony, Consumer Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee,” Chamber of Commerce Public Presentations.

[L]egal costs alone of defending against class actions will impact disproportionately on small enterprises which rarely have the resources to employ the staff counsel uniformly found among larger companies.

Chamber of Commerce Statement on Consumer Protection and Class Action Bills before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee,” by William B. Norris. Chamber of Commerce Public Presentations, Papers of Chamber of Commerce, Series II, Box 2, Hagley Museum. (S. 2246, S. 3092, S. 3201 (all amendments to the Federal Trade Commission Act).

Wednesday, March 18, 1970