John Merchant

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  www.cala.com/blog/171-have-i-got-a-hedge-fund-for-you - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/1/2009    Last Visited: 8/16/2009  

  Written by John Merchant, Co-Chair CA CALA

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  www.agwatch.org//news/20070917_transparency2.cfm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/17/2007    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  "The Associated Press's investigation into contracts initiated under Attorney General Bill Lockyer uncovered the ease with which attorneys general can shield contracts with outside counsel from public view," said CALA chairman John Merchant.

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  www.flashreport.org/featured-columns-library0b.php?faID - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/4/2009    Last Visited: 3/4/2009  

  By John Kabateck and John Merchant
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  [Publisher's Note: As part of our ongoing effort here to present readers with insightful commentary on current events in California politics and policy, we are pleased to present this column penned by John Kabateck and John Merchant - Flash]
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  John Merchant is co-Chairman of California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. owner of Indian Springs Resort and Spa in Calistoga and member of NFIB.
  
  You can write to Kabateck and Merchant, via the FR, here.

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  www.nccala.org/index.php/NCCALA/FullText7/cala_warns_le - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/20/2005    Last Visited: 9/17/2007  

  "CALA's public education mission is to serve as a ,watchdog' for Californians," said John Merchant, Chairman of California CALA."We want to make sure legislators look out for the best interests of their constituents, not the special interests of personal injury lawyers."
  
  Throughout the legislative session, California CALA will publicize members' votes on critical civil justice proposals and communicate the impacts of those decisions on consumers and taxpayers.California CALA will also distribute the latest research on how personal injury lawyers contributed to legislative candidates in 2004.
  
  Merchant added that from 1996-2003, personal injury lawyers spent more than $10 million on certain elected officials, and in return, expected support for laws that would make it easier to sue Californians and their employers.
  
  "This is a special interest group of maybe 3,000 individuals who spend vast sums of money to create and control a legislature that is supposed to represent 33 million Californians," Merchant said.

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  www.cala.com/news/calanews?start=7 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/9/2009    Last Visited: 5/18/2009  

  In today's Flash Report, read about CALA Chairman John Merchant and NFIB/California Executive Director John Kabateck's take on what voters were not voting for during last November's election:
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  Today's San Diego Business Journal published an opinion-editorial from CALA Chairman John Merchant and NFIB/California Executive Director John Kabateck in which they note:

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  www.cala.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/7/2006    Last Visited: 3/17/2007  

  John Merchant's Letter-to-the-Editor - Napa Valley Register - Posted February 27, 2007 - Click here to read letter.
  
  John Merchant's Letter-to-the-Editor - Sacramento Bee - Posted February 27, 2007 - Click here to read letter.

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  www.hcmsdoctors.org/politics/Pennsylvania%20Updates/Mar - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/6/2006    Last Visited: 4/8/2009  

  By John Merchant
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  John Merchant, a small businessman, is the volunteer chairman of California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. Web site: www.cala.com.

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  www.hcmsdoctors.org/Politics/Pennsylvania%20Updates/Mar - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/6/2006    Last Visited: 7/13/2006  

  By John Merchant
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  John Merchant, a small businessman, is the volunteer chairman of California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse.Web site: www.cala.com.

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  www.win4sports.com/lawyers.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/7/2005    Last Visited: 2/18/2009  

  "At one point of the triangle is the Senate Judiciary Committee, at another is the Assembly Judiciary Committee, and at the apex is the wealthy personal-injury lawyers lobby," Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) chairman John Merchant says.

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  www.agwatch.org//news/20071123_lte.cfm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/23/2007    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  By John Merchant, California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse

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