Bloomberg and Biden’s social solution? Sue.
By ATRA Public Affairs Manager Bailey N. Griffith In one of the Democratic Party’s recent debates, former Vice President Joe Biden raised the trial lawyers’ rally cry: Sue ’em! […]
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Philly can become less anti-business by looking at the courts
By Tiger Joyce and Curt Schroder (Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform) Mayor Jim Kenney touted the importance of fostering a pro-business climate in Philadelphia during his Feb. 11 […]
Report: Excessive lawsuit costs subtract almost $2 billion and 20,000 jobs from Louisiana’s economy
Groups calling for an overhaul of Louisiana’s legal system say “excessive” litigation costs subtract $1.9 billion from the state’s annual economic output, leading to the loss of 19,794 jobs and […]
ATRA says attorneys spent $1.5 million on TV ads in West Virginia in three months
The American Tort Reform Association has released a report showing that attorneys spent $1.5 million from July through September on television advertisements in West Virginia. ATRA found that viewers […]
Florida Lawyers Dump $13 Million Into TV Ads
Florida Lawyers Dump $13 Million Into TV Ads New report shines a light on the 113,000 local ads from 2019’s third quarter; $71 million spent on national ads JANUARY 28, […]
Georgia Lawyers Dump $10 Million Into TV Ads
Georgia Lawyers Dump $10 Million Into TV Ads New report shines a light on the 100,000+ local ads from 2019’s third quarter; $71 million spent on national ads JANUARY 28, […]
News Report Unearths ‘Trial Lawyer Underground’
Lawsuit Industry’s ‘Largely Unreported’ Lobbying Success with Obama Administration Detailed
Costly New Anti-Arbitration Rule Aimed at Nursing Homes Is Administration’s Latest Gift to Trial Lawyers
ATRA Urges Media to Focus on Other ‘Midnight’ Regulations Expected to Favor Big Donors to President’s Party as Time Runs out on His Second Term
ATRA Calls Silver’s 12-Year Sentence ‘Worthy of His Crimes’
Urges NY Lawmakers to Pass Asbestos Transparency Legislation, Says AG Schneiderman Should Investigate Fraud by Asbestos Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
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American Tort Reform
RT @ReformLouisiana: “The report found our state’s judicial set up favoring plaintiff attorneys cost us close to 20,000 jobs and $1.2 billi…
American Tort Reform
Hawaii’s @mauicounty is suing energy companies in an attempt to solve climate change. @MFGProject says “The bottom… https://t.co/Jxz8ki8YHc
American Tort Reform
Our op-ed in @dxexaminer today: “A call by presidential candidates for further litigation in our already-clogged co… https://t.co/NO1u3oYJHy
American Tort Reform
RT @LawsuitReformNY: New Yorkers pay an excessive interest rate on lawsuit judgments, which contribute to higher costs. It’s time to align…
American Tort Reform
“California state judges overseeing current glyphosate lawsuits have largely excluded EPA’s conclusions as evidence in court. But anyone who cares about science and the law should welcome the EPA’s intervention.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-scientific-roundup-11567551770
American Tort Reform
“A first-of-its-kind court decision blaming Johnson & Johnson for rampant painkiller abuse in Oklahoma rests on fragile legal conclusions that seem vulnerable to appeal and could fail to influence judges in other high-stakes opioid cases, experts say.” https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/1193249/okla-s-572m-win-in-j-j-opioid-fight-on-shaky-ground
American Tort Reform
“A first-of-its-kind court decision blaming Johnson & Johnson for rampant painkiller abuse in Oklahoma rests on fragile legal conclusions that seem vulnerable to appeal and could fail to influence judges in other high-stakes opioid cases, experts say.” https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/1193249/okla-s-572m-win-in-j-j-opioid-fight-on-shaky-ground
American Tort Reform
Curt Schroder of the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform explains some of the reasons why the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found itself highlighted in the Judicial Hellholes report.
