Judicial Hellholes® report – California Globe

Lawsuit Abuse Is Raising California’s Cost of Living

August 10, 2026 6:00 amAugust 10, 2026 6:01 am

Ask anyone who runs a business in California what keeps them up at night and the answer is familiar: payroll, rent, energy costs, regulation, and an insurance bill that seems to rise every year. Less often discussed, but just as...

California Was Just Named One of the Worst Judicial Hellholes in the Nation – Again

December 9, 2022 11:43 amDecember 10, 2022 4:48 pm

California was named one of the worst “Judicial Hellhole®” in the country again, according to a new report from the American Tort Reform Association. “Uninjured serial plaintiffs file hundreds of meritless lawsuits targeting businesses, and ultimately, plaintiffs’ lawyers are the...