Immigrant-Owned Businesses Targeted With Lawsuits; District Attorneys Push Back

San Francisco CA

13 April, 2022

7:20 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local April 13, 2022 San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, along with the Los Angeles DA George Gascón, has accused one San Diego law firm of filing "thousands of fraudulent, boilerplate lawsuits" against small, often immigrant-owned businesses across the state, and coercing cash settlements from them for alleged accessibility violations. The complaint from the district attorneys focuses on the San Diego law firm Potter Handy LLP, and the lawsuits it filed for Orlando Garcia, one of several "serial filers." "I know it was a shakedown," said John Kim of Whiz Burgers, who ended up paying $10,000 late last year to a plaintiff he never met. "They're professionals, they know what they're doing." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.