Thune WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - One-quarter of the U.S. Senate has expressed concern that the U.S. Department of the Treasury may be planning to issue an order giving trial lawyers tax breaks on contingency fee lawsuits.
Frank Critics of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's ongoing re-review of the commonly used pesticide atrazine and pending lawsuits against its makers say the potential ramifications could be staggering if the pesticide was ever banned.
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-The Southern California jury that awarded a whopping $200 million punitive damages award in a household-contact asbestos exposure case in which jurors awarded compensatory damages of $8.8 million will likely be reversed, a leading legal scholar said Sunday.
Walter Olson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Walter Olson, a noted legal scholar and one of the nation's leading critics of lawsuit abuse, this week joined the Cato Institute, serving as a senior fellow at the libertarian think tank.
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - More editorials are questioning the merits of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's recently filed lawsuit against Bank of America.
Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy Director Jim Copland NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Manhattan Institute's latest edition in its "Trial Lawyers, Inc.," series explores the effect the plaintiffs bar has on lawmakers at the state level and in Washington, D.C.
ATRF President Sherman Joyce WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - South Florida is again the country's most plaintiffs-friendly jurisdiction, according to the American Tort Reform Foundation's annual "Judicial Hellholes" report, released Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy recently criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's health care bill for catering to plaintiffs attorneys.
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Health care overhaul legislation approved Tuesday by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee falls woefully short when it comes to reducing costs and curbing lawsuit abuse, groups say.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Medical malpractice litigation has driven up U.S. health care costs dramatically, translating into higher costs for consumers, a study said Tuesday.
Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Even if Senate Republicans lay down their arms, Sonia Sotomayor can expect her past to be closely inspected while she waits to find out if she'll become the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.
James Copland WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal of a $79.5 million punitive damages award against tobacco company Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit could signal an "uphill battle" for tort reform efforts, a leading expert said.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Two of the nation's leading legal observers on Monday called for a compensation program for patients injured by unknown side effects from federally-approved medications.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in a closely watched federal preemption case, ruling that a woman may sue in state court over a federally-approved drug.
Anapol Forty billion dollars of designated funds currently available in court-established trust funds is providing abundant incentive to already rich attorneys with asbestos-settling know-how.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Manhattan Institute's latest edition in its "Trial Lawyers, Inc." series explores the impact Louisiana's legal system has had on the state's slow population growth.
Marie Gryphon NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Forcing losers in lawsuits to pay the winner would help stem the tide of frivolous lawsuits flooding many U.S. jurisdictions, a report released Tuesday said.
McGraw NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Businesses are skittish about investing their resources in West Virginia because of the state's troubled legal system, a report released Monday by The Manhattan Institute says.
BEAUMONT, Texas-Case No. B-126,986, filed in the District Court of Jefferson County, Texas was just one of hundreds of thousands of similar cases filed over a period of 30 years on behalf of plaintiffs injured from exposure to asbestos.
Sarah Palin (R) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's views on a bevy of national issues remain unknown, not the least of which is her take on the nation's legal landscape.