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Firm - 2004-01-01 13:01

A Banner Year For State Tort Reforms
American Tort Reform Association
Tiger Joyce

managed to win the governor's signature on H.B. 542, a package of other significant tort reforms ... acted on an ambitious tort reform agenda, which included class action reform (S.B. 704) that adopts ... (R) hit another home run with tort reforms. Though often referenced as "loser pays," ...

Articles - 2011-08-01 00:00

NJLRA: Tort Reforms Make New Jersey Competitive
New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance
Marcus Rayner

globally. Whether you're talking about tort reform, tax rates or right-to-work legislation, New Jersey ... competitive, and tort reform plays an important role toward that goal. Editor: Has the Christie ... on a platform that included tort reform. He pledged three specific reforms, which included class action reform, ...

Articles - 2011-07-01 00:00

IFP: Tort Reform Improves Pennsylvania Marketplace
Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania
Sam Marshall

there is generally a commitment not to raise taxes or assess fees, which can only help. Along with tort reform ... Tort Reform (Organizations, Pennsylvania, Tort Reform) ...

Articles - 2011-07-01 00:00

Prospects For Tort Reform Strong In Many States
American Tort Reform Association
Tiger Joyce

respect to new Governor Andrew Cuomo, personal injury lawyer and notoriously anti-tort reform Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver may still be the state's most powerful politician. But tort reformers ... Prepared for its members and issued late last month, the American Tort Reform Association's annual ...

Articles - 2011-01-31 00:00

Civil Justice Reform - Law Firms A Revolutionary, Not Evolutionary, Idea: How Defendants Can Achieve Tort Reform In The Courts
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Victor E. Schwartz; Leah Lorber

winning tort reform through the courts. As any torts casebook clearly shows, appellate courts make ... counsel to target their litigation strategies and bring about tort reform in the courts. Business ... Achieving "tort reform in the courts" is going to require creative thinking. It will need ...

Articles - 2005-11-01 00:00

Tort Reform Is Key To Health Reform
American Tort Reform Association

Though common-sense Americans repeatedly raised the issue of tort reform while discussing health ... more affordable, how can we leave out tort reform?" Physicians Wanted Another longer-term concern about leaving tort reform out of comprehensive health care legislation ...

Articles - 2009-11-02 00:00

Healthcare And Tort Reform

meeting, "The reason why tort reform is not in the bill is because the people who wrote it did not want to take on the trial lawyers." Although tort reform is broadly popular - fully 83 ... the language of the statute and deny grants to states with previously enacted tort-reform laws. ...

Articles - 2009-12-01 00:00

Civil Justice Reform - Law Firms Ohio Tort Reform. A Roadmap For Success?
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Richard D. Schuster

The Long HistoryOf Ohio Tort Reform The Ohio General Assembly first tackled tort reform in 1975. ... passed a more comprehensive tort reform bill, which included non-economic damage caps in all tort cases. ... Process, Separation of Powers, and Single Subject Clauses. Ohio's Latest Tort Reform Bill ...

Articles - 2005-02-01 00:00

Civil Justice Reform - Organizations American Association Of Managing General Agents Joins Insurance Tort Reform Organization

Dan Pero, president of the American Justice Partnership (AJP) recently welcomed the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) as a national partner of the AJP, a coalition of state and national groups dedicated to winning legal reform in t ...

Articles - 2005-11-01 00:00