October 25, 2005

Tomorrow (Wed., Oct. 26) in Washington, D.C. there will take place the Sixth Annual Legal Reform Summit, bringing together many advocates of litigation overhaul from around the country. It will be held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and is co-sponsored by the Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform, the Doctor's Company, and the law firm of Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw (details/agenda in PDF format). The Chamber will be releasing a study of securities class actions as part of the event. And our own Jim Copland will be part of a 9 a.m. panel on "Trial Lawyers, Inc.: How Litigation Shapes the Way We Receive Healthcare".