Ed Rendell’s hypocritical new book predictably ignores the major role that his parasitic personal injury lawyer pals have played in the “wussification” of America
UncategorizedMass tort kingpin Peter Angelos is apparently hoping to make Baltimore the next Philadelphia when it comes to unfairly consolidating questionable asbestos claims and pressuring defedants into settlements they might not agree to if the cases were handled separately
Judicial HellholesThe House Natural Resources Committee today reports that the federal government has defended more than 570 Endangered Species Act (ESA)-related lawsuits costing U.S. taxpayers more than $15 million in attorney fees – in just the past four years
UncategorizedA foul-mouthed heckler who last year verbally attacked the daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has had the audacity to file a defamation suit against his target
Judicial HellholesLouisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal today signed into law a compromise “legacy lawsuit” reform package sent to him by the legislature last week
Points of LightThe Wall Street Journal today editorializes about the economic drag that so-called “legacy lawsuits” have imposed on Louisiana’s economy in recent years while also impeding overall national energy production
UncategorizedOn June 1, 2012, a California Judge stood up to parasitic trial lawyers and ruled that CVS does not have to provide chairs for its cashiers. The decision ended a ridiculous class action lawsuit filed in 2009 by Nykeya Kilby, a former lazy CVS cashier in Chula Vista, California.
Points of LightATRA keeps the heat on California’s plaintiff-friendly, anti-business courts with another letter to the editor in today’s Wall Street Journal
Judicial HellholesAs Judicial Hellholes reporters continue to document, the once Golden State has become a Mecca for every two-bit shyster with
Judicial HellholesOn Thursday, May 28th, the Louisiana House and Senate unanimously passed two partner bills that tackle the contentious legacy lawsuit issue. Governor Bobby Jindal is expected to sign the legislation this week.
Points of LightWith its medical liability reforms last decade, enactment of the Fair Share Act last year and judicial reform of Philadelphia’s plaintiff-friendly Complex Litigation Center earlier this year, ATRA counsel Mark Behrens makes the case that Pennsylvania could become the model for commonsense state tort reforms
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightThis past week, a major nursing home chain said it will no longer operate in Kentucky because of increased litigation and the 2012 General Assembly’s failure to pass a law making it more difficult to file lawsuits against nursing homes.
Judicial HellholesStanding up to Louisiana’s attorney general and his personal injury lawyer pals, the maker of a widely prescribed treatment for Type 2
Judicial HellholesOn Monday, May 28th, the United States Supreme Court rejected a man’s ludicrous copyright claim in a case that is too outlandish to be made up.
Points of LightLast week, in a 5-0 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected the theory that each and every fiber of inhaled asbestos is a substantial contributing factor to any asbestos-related disease
Points of LightGeorgia Attorney General Sam Olens has been a true leader in Georgia and nationally on the need to set uniform standards for state hiring and management of outside contingency fee counsel.
Points of LightA New York lawyer with nothing better to do than sue his health club for supplying an allegedly insufficient breakfast has suffered a righteous beat-down at the hands of Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ellen Coin
Points of LightIn a ruling that will certainly be considered among other “Points of Light” nominees when we draft this year’s upcoming Judicial Hellholes report, a Morristown, New Jersey judge today dismissed a lawsuit that sought to hold the sender of a text message liable for an accident caused by the reader of that message
Points of LightJust days after a related good-government reform bill he fought tooth-and-nail was signed into law, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood got more bad news in the form of a state supreme court decision
Judicial HellholesFacebook’s initial public offering of (plainly overvalued) stock had barely concluded before securities sharks swam to the courthouses, claiming their just-fell-off-the-turnip-truck clients had been hoodiewinked
UncategorizedNew Jersey is treacherous ground for physicians and if legislators do not do something to fix the problem, the state will soon see a mass exodus of doctors.
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