The city officials, citing the pending litigation, declined further comment.
Laws complicating land transactions, and the labyrinthine intricacies and glacial pace of litigation, are further deterrents.
"I have a whole lot more to say, but under the law, I can't say anything until the litigation proceeds further," he said.
"Today's S.E.C. litigation release further confirms that Gradient has done nothing more than its job of conducting independent research," Brad Forst, the chief executive of Gradient Analytics, said in a statement.
She said the results of the case "may help benefit other plan beneficiaries, in the event of similar litigation, by further clarifying the duty of loyalty and prudence owed by record keepers and employers".
"It is going to lead to lots more litigation, which further weakens the business climate in California," he said.
After having analyzed interviews with participants from all stakeholders in the litigation process, further data collection was considered not to yield any new insights and was terminated.
This bill, disingenuously named the "Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act," would make it harder for people who are ripped off by a company, injured or poisoned by a product, or victimized by gender or race bias to band together in a class-action lawsuit.
The court's analysis leaves them with only the prospect of further litigation to determine the content of their new habeas right, followed by further litigation to resolve their particular cases, followed by further litigation before the D.C. Circuit -- where they could have started had they invoked the D.T.A. procedure.
