1. The Democrat powers-that-be like arbitration as much as Republican p-t-b, so it is not a net gain to feature it prominently.
2. For the most part, the direct gains to consumers are small. Even if you get Door Dash to pay out two-thirds of its $9 mil., it's less than a thousand bucks per person. Pay a $250 filing fee, figure 1/3 fee for the lawyers, and you get $500 in an ideal case. That's nice for clients, but not life-changing. Indirectly, of course, there are large benefits.
3. Compared to one client's recovery, it looks like a windfall to lawyers. And most Americans would rather shoot themselves in the foot (metaphorically, at least) than help lawyers get rich.
(In fact, it's probably not all that profitable for the lawyers. It looks like low-margin work that only pays off for the firm if each lawyer tries to manage an ungodly number of cases.)
2. For the most part, the direct gains to consumers are small. Even if you get Door Dash to pay out two-thirds of its $9 mil., it's less than a thousand bucks per person. Pay a $250 filing fee, figure 1/3 fee for the lawyers, and you get $500 in an ideal case. That's nice for clients, but not life-changing. Indirectly, of course, there are large benefits.
3. Compared to one client's recovery, it looks like a windfall to lawyers. And most Americans would rather shoot themselves in the foot (metaphorically, at least) than help lawyers get rich.
(In fact, it's probably not all that profitable for the lawyers. It looks like low-margin work that only pays off for the firm if each lawyer tries to manage an ungodly number of cases.)