when we all stood in shock after the killing in 2000 and mayer brown said that the city is going to implement justice, i think he had all the best intentions but we had no idea what we were in for. we did not know that our systems were not able to integrate, and technology has spent a lot of time in the 1970's and 80's not integrating itself. and i don't think anyone at that level in the mayor's office recognized with the challenges would be. has this taken too long? yes. having sat now, as a public representative in the government body for this project, i can see how the leadership of the sheriff's department particularly -- and now, the city administrator's office and before that, at least have really pulled this project forward. but we still have issues. i think that there are real concerns about everyone being at the same pace and the same level. the suggestion from supervisor campos that we have a project management model which shows us, that everyone is at this level, so that we can see where the departments are. the sheriff's department is ready to go. probation almost ready to go. and

our next witness is andrew pincus, a partner at the firm mayer and brown. he is well known to the court. he previously served at the department of justice as an assistant attorney general. and at the commerce department. glad to have you here. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and members of the committee. it has been an honor to appear before the committee today. to assess the impact of the recent decision, i looked at the outcomes in all the court's cases involving private plaintiffs seeking damages from businesses. this year, there was a tie. business parties lost in just as many cases as they won. in the cases involving a substantive interpretations of employment law, businesses lost every case decided by the court. i know that some will say business is one the most important cases, but i wonder if there -- if the court had said in retaliation claims under the laws that complaints must always be in writing, i think the reaction would have been this is an outrage and a process requirement that will chill retaliation claims and open the doors for compa