Arthur Bryant, executive director of the public interest law firm Public Justice, has a good editorial America's access to justice at risk in today's Trenton (NJ) Times. It's about the myriad threats to access to justice posed by a three-pronged attack by corporate lobbyists:

They are using many tactics, but three are critical -- federal preemption, mandatory arbitration, and class action bans. If these three succeed, most Americans can kiss many of their rights goodbye.