http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2008/07/the-trial-bar-goes-on-the-offensive/ http://overlawyered.com/2008/07/the-trial-bar-goes-on-the-offensive/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:05:30 +0000 Ted Frank http://overlawyered.com/?p=7327 I’m quoted by Quin Hillyer in an Examiner story today about the dozens of bills pending in Congress that engage in tort deform–favors for the trial bar. The new Trial Lawyer Earmarks website does a marvelous job documenting most of the bills out there, though one wishes it would provide direct links to THOMAS rather than forcing one to engage in separate searches. (Mislink and misspelling corrected.)

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