DC Power Shift Not Good for Trial Lawyers
A recent article in the Washington Times reported on what a resurgent GOP means for the trial bar. In short: Washington has become a lot less trial-lawyer friendly. For instance, the incoming chair...
View ArticleWhat a Difference an Election Makes
On January 4, 2011, the day after he took office, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker called on the legislature to pass legal reform legislation to create a more “job friendly” environment in the state....
View ArticleLouisianans Pushing for Tort Reform to Enhance Economic Competitiveness
A group called the Coalition for Common Sense is pushing for tort reform in Louisiana as part of an effort to enhance the state’s economic competitiveness. The Coalition is backed by most Louisiana...
View ArticleElections Make the Difference in Louisiana
Louisiana has long been a legal backwater, famed for tort-friendly courts and a legislature bent on protecting its trial bar allies. A few years back, a group called the LCRM – the Louisiana Committee...
View ArticleCan the Tarheels Keep Pace with the Volunteers?
Last week, Tennessee decided to boost its economy the right way. Rather than spending billions of dollars that it doesn’t have, the state opted for a simpler, more sustainable approach: it put caps on...
View ArticleTexas Leads the Way in Tort Reform
Earlier this week, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed “loser pays” legislation that would require plaintiffs who file groundless lawsuits to pay the legal costs for the defendants. Stephen DeMaura of...
View ArticleWhat America’s Legal System can Learn from the Greeks
With modern day Greece teetering on the edge of default, it’s easy to think we have nothing to learn from the Greeks – unless, perhaps, we look back to our democratic forerunners of 2,400 years ago....
View ArticleTennessee Looks to Build on Tort Reform
With the ink still drying on landmark 2011 legislation capping non-economic damages, several lawmakers and Tennesseans for Economic Growth are pushing for another round of tort reform to cut down on...
View ArticleApple Stores a “Danger to Some People”
Thinking of cruising by the Apple store to check out the new iPad? Beware. According to one New York attorney, the very act of entering or exiting Apple’s signature glass doors represents a “danger.”...
View ArticleBetter a Farmer than a Tort Lawyer!
Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley, a Democrat who is running to succeed retiring Senator Tom Harkin, has gotten into hot water for committing the cardinal political sin of giving voice to his true inner...
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