Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Potential 21st Century Ralph Nader, With Advantage of Being Insider, Not Outsider
From "Unsafe at Any Speed" to litigation to the grassroots "Raiders," activist lawyer Ralph Nader pioneered consumer rights. Part of his pull power was that he had been an outsider. In the late 1960s that fit perfectly with the ethos of the counterculture. So many of us Boomers applied to be Nader Raiders.
If the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is approved there could be the insider, that is establishment, version of Nader. Bloomberg Law reports:
" ... Kennedy’s history of defending consumers, questioning the
pharmaceutical industry, and calling for more stringent food regulation has
mass tort lawyers cautiously optimistic."
Those plaintiff lawyers, as began with tobacco and extended to lead paint, utility emissions and pain killers, could leverage the legal concept of public nuisance. Legend has it that it was Motley Rice which first applied public nuisance to product liability.
Meanwhile a rising tide, as the cliche goes, lifts all boats. The opposition to that kind of legal action could be the prominent defense law firms, ranging from Jones Day to Kirkland & Ellis to Paul Weiss.
All that could become a major issue on social as the public again is energized to push for consumer protection.
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