“One of the most relentlessly aired advertisements on daytime television this summer is for a contingency law firm touting for business. The advert shows a woman spontaneously falling off her office chair. It seems she will never walk again, until a kindly lawyer reminds her there is no such thing as a simple accident, and hands her a cheque for ?4,000.” (Stephen Robinson, “No one is safe from health and safety regulators”, Daily Telegraph, Aug. 13, 2003)
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
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Point of Law- Note: Today's Trial Lawyers, Inc.: K Street Live Event Now an Online Presentation / Conference CallIMPORTANT NOTE: To anyone who was planning on attending MI's live event on Capitol Hill this afternoon, at which we were to unveil the newest Trial Lawyers, Inc. report, Trial Lawyers, Inc.: K Street--A Report on the Litigation Lobby 2010,... […]James R. Copland
- Florida Smoker's $300 Million Award to Be ReducedThe largest individual award to a Florida smoker will be reduced, Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld (Broward County Circuit Court) ruled Friday. [Here's the story on Law.com] Judge Streitfeld called the $300 million jury verdict, rendered months ago, "excessive" and "shocking," based... […]Michael Krauss
- How the Plaintiffs Bar Bought the SenateIn today's Wall Street Journal, I have an opinion piece that explains how the plaintiffs' bar is using its campaign-funding largesse to buy political influence: Since 1990, the sums donated to federal political candidates by lawyers--excluding lobbyists--exceed $1 billion, according... […]James R. Copland
- "CSX Chases Plaintiff Firm Over Asbestos""A railroad company's dogged pursuit of conspiracy and fraud charges against an asbestos law firm is unfolding in a federal appellate court and with a major assist from business and tort reform groups." [Marcia Coyle, NLJ]... […]Walter Olson
- Baltimore Sun on med-mal reformThe paper likes health courts and an apology law.... […]Walter Olson
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