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Trial lawyers discount effects of medical malpractice litigation
Anthony Tarricone WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Medical malpractice litigation is not the albatross weighing down the U.S. health care system that legal reformers say it is, the nation's trial lawyers argue. -
Bush, Sessions talk tort reform at ILR Summit
Sessions WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions highlighted the speakers at the 10th U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Summit, held Wednesday. -
CBO: Legal reforms would save taxpayers billions in health care costs
Orrin Hatch (R) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-As much as $54 billion could be saved over the next 10 years if Congress enacts limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, a congressional report says. -
Meese: Trial lawyers draining the economy
Edwin Meese III SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Frivolous lawsuits filed by the nation's trial lawyers are a drain on the economy, former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III said Thursday night. -
Trial lawyers raise specter of tort reform in fundraising letters
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The national trial lawyers lobby is doing all it can to bring in much-needed cash - even asking its members to pony up money to help fight legislation few expect to pass. -
Trial lawyers group in debt
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The nation's trial lawyers group appears to be struggling amid mounting debt and a decline in membership dues. -
Trial lawyers oppose special med-mal courts
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- A U.S. Senate panel is considering proposals aimed at decreasing the number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in already bogged down courts. -
Personal injury attorney to lead trial lawyers' group
Anthony Tarricone SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-The nation's largest trial lawyer trade group is now led by personal injury attorney Anthony Tarricone of Hamilton, Mass., his law firm announced Thursday. -
Trial lawyers call disgraced attorney a 'political prisoner'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-- The nation's trial lawyers are calling for the release of one of their own whom they say was railroaded by the Bush administration at the behest of big business interests. -
Trial lawyers face tort reform 'danger zone' in health care overhaul, says lobbyist
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)- President Barack Obama's push for an overhaul of the nation's health care system could be stymied by Senate lawmakers, particularly moderate Democrats, the lobbyist for trial lawyers said. -
Lobbyist: AAJ looking to quietly pass plaintiff lawyer tax break
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)- Federal legislation that would afford trial lawyers a special tax break faces an uncertain future, says one of the chief lobbyists for the nation's trial lawyers. -
Media barred from Pelosi speech
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresssed the nation's trial lawyers' group Saturday, the media was barred from attending. -
Nation's trial lawyers converge on San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)- Trial attorneys from around the country have converged on San Francisco for the next several days. -
Trial lawyers ask Obama to expand product liability
Barack Obama (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A leading national group of trial lawyers Monday called on President-elect Barack Obama to repeal a bevy of regulations that limit corporate liability. -
ATRF report focuses on actions of plaintiffs bar
Joyce WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Aside from ranking judicial hellholes, the American Tort Reform Foundation is highlighting what it feels is a movement from plaintiffs attorneys to influence elected officials. -
McGrath declines to probe governor's comments to trial lawyers
Mike McGrath (D) HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline)-Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath has declined to investigate Gov. Brian Schweitzer over his comments that suggest he influenced the outcome of the 2006 Senate race in favor of fellow Democrat Jon Tester. -
Harris Poll ranks West Virginia worst legal climate; Delaware best
Thomas Donohue WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Delaware has the nation's best legal climate, while courts in West Virginia ranked at the bottom, according to a survey of corporate attorneys released Wednesday. -
'Insider' Wigand compensated generously as unpaid tobacco fact witness
Jeff Wigand...Russell Crowe played his role in the movie, "The Insider." WHEELING, W. Va. - In a Disney film, "The Insider," scientist Jeff Wigand and lawyer Dickie Scruggs save America from evil cigarette makers. -
Poll: Voters not worried about tort reform
Haber WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The civil justice reforms that pro-business groups are pushing do not register with voters, the organization formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association claimed Thursday while releasing the results of a poll it recently conducted. -
Organization behind identical pro-lawsuit letters to editors
What do two retirees, a personal injury attorney, an assistant attorney general and a realtor have in common?