California class actions in the cross-hairs again

One of the main targets of the 2005 federal Class Action Fairness Act were lawsuits filed in California on behalf of screwed-over workers and other consumers. The state has fairly strong laws protecting both groups, and people have successfully used class actions to rein in companies like Wal-Mart that have done stuff like force employees to work off the clocks. But the federal act apparently hasn't gone far enough, so corporate groups in California have just launched a ballot initiative to finish the job...