Follow POL on Twitter Besides their highly visible campaigns against pre-emption and consumer arbitration, they're hoping to obtain more favorable tax treatment of lawsuit settlements, destroy the confidentiality of many settlements, and open up med-mal suits by uniformed personnel against military doctors, for starters. [Legal Times]
"Plaintiff's bar pushes Capitol Hill agenda"
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| Rafael Mangual Project Manager, Legal Policy rmangual@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Communications Manhattan Institute communications@manhattan-institute.org |
