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Consumer Rights
Grande Law Offices principal Thomas Grande has advocated for consumer rights and protections for over thirty years. As executive director of Common Cause/Hawaii, Mr. Grande lobbied for open government and open records laws, as well as reforms to give consumers a greater say in government affairs.
More recently, Mr. Grande drafted and obtained passage of amendments to Hawaii's Consumer Protection Statute that allowed consumers and small businesses to sue for unfair methods of competition and allowed consumers to bring class action anti-trust cases directly against manufacturers and distributors.
Mr. Grande's legislative efforts substantially aided a later client who obtained a $38 million verdict against a large national company for using inside information to unfairly compete for the purchase of a business.
Mr. Grande has been active in both state and national consumer rights organizations and such as the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii, National Consumer Law Center and the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
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