In announcing its post-bankruptcy revival plan, Bed Bath & Beyond declared no new stores in California. 

Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis has not held back. In interviews since the announcement, Lemonis cited California’s business climate: 

“We want to be in markets where we can actually make a profit and we can provide a very competitive and fair wage and we don’t wake up every morning wondering if we’re gonna be sued by some class action lawsuit or over-regulated by a local government.”

California has long been one of the most expensive and heavily regulated states for business – with high taxes and a litigious legal environment. Instead, the company plans to open hundreds of new stores across the rest of the country. 

Notorious personal injury firm Downtown LA Law Group, which is currently being sued in federal court for fraud, even has a section on their website advertising themselves as “Bed Bath Beyond Slip And Fall Attorney[s]”

Now  companies are saying enough is enough.