Politics FORUM ARCHIVE
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"Putting a stop to tort windfalls" By Walter Olson, 09-04-2008 Michigan Supreme Court hears case today on ballot measure By Carter Wood, 09-03-2008 Gustav - Pets Go with the People By jgenova, 08-31-2008 Sarah Palin on legal reform, Exxon Valdez and polar bears By Carter Wood, 08-29-2008 President who cares about Barney Smith before Smith Barney - Bar Raised MUCH Higher for RNC By jgenova, 08-28-2008 Pictures of Lilly By Carter Wood, 08-27-2008 Lilly Ledbetter, the convention address By Carter Wood, 08-26-2008 Sen. Biden's voting record on legal reform issues By Carter Wood, 08-23-2008 On and off the ballot in Michigan By Carter Wood, 08-22-2008 Michigan court depacking scheme off the ballot, for now By Carter Wood, 08-21-2008 Ohio's reform-tolerant Supreme Court, in the balance By Walter Olson, 08-21-2008 Judicial selection and the ABA By Carter Wood, 08-14-2008 Articles of Interest to Point of Law Readers By plittle, 08-14-2008 Around the web, August 13 By Carter Wood, 08-13-2008 "That's Not Blight. It's New Jersey" By plittle, 08-12-2008 Sheldon Silver and Counsel Financial By Walter Olson, 08-06-2008 CPSC bill already works its magic By Carter Wood, 07-30-2008 Capitol Hill: litigation lobby on the march By Walter Olson, 07-29-2008 Michigan court-stripping debacle By Walter Olson, 07-23-2008 Senate Judiciary, decrying 'pro-business' Supreme Court By Carter Wood, 07-23-2008 Senate Judiciary to review 'pro-business' Supreme Court By Carter Wood, 07-20-2008 More on the Michigan scheme By Carter Wood, 07-18-2008 The story behind "Reform Michigan Government Now!" By James R. Copland, 07-17-2008 Judicial selection: additional thoughts By James R. Copland, 07-17-2008 In Oregon and Michigan, ballot politics By Carter Wood, 07-13-2008 "A history of lawsuit reform in Texas, part 2" By Walter Olson, 07-11-2008 A Michigan leap of faith By Carter Wood, 07-10-2008 Land of the Ballot Builders By Carter Wood, 07-07-2008 AAJ convention lists what's hot in class actions, politicians By Carter Wood, 07-03-2008 Litigation earmark for black-farmers suit By Walter Olson, 06-29-2008 Around the web, Mississippi scandals edition By Walter Olson, 06-28-2008 Inspector General report on DOJ hiring By Ted Frank, 06-26-2008 Occam's wallet By Carter Wood, 06-26-2008 DoJ Honors/Intern program politicization By Walter Olson, 06-26-2008 Carrie Lukas on the Obama equal pay pander By James R. Copland, 06-25-2008 Obama's equal pay gambit By James R. Copland, 06-23-2008 NYC's new campaign-finance law By Walter Olson, 06-20-2008 Enumerated Powers Act on Senate-side By Ted Frank, 06-20-2008 "Florida Making Wrong Waves Over Homeowner Insurance Crisis" By Walter Olson, 06-19-2008 "Trial Lawyers Inc.: Michigan on trial" By Walter Olson, 06-18-2008 A mystery petition seeks to amend Michigan Constitution By Carter Wood, 06-15-2008 New featured column: Steve Malanga on trial-bar scandals By Walter Olson, 06-15-2008 News flash: lefties welcome at white-shoe law firm By Walter Olson, 06-12-2008 Around the web, June 10 By Walter Olson, 06-10-2008 Tax Break for Trial Lawyers Moving Toward a Vote By Carter Wood, 06-07-2008 Examiner: lawsuit reform has worked By Walter Olson, 06-06-2008 Illinois: A Madison County dissident By Walter Olson, 06-04-2008 A Congressional Response to Riegel v. Medtronic By Carter Wood, 06-04-2008 There's Going to be a Showdown By Carter Wood, 05-30-2008 "'Sunshine' Should Not Trump Privacy in Civil Litigation" By Walter Olson, 05-28-2008 "A History of Lawsuit Reform in Texas" By Walter Olson, 05-25-2008 Boehner: A $1.6 Billion Tax Break for Trial Lawyers By Carter Wood, 05-22-2008 Enumerated Powers Act By Ted Frank, 05-14-2008 Train in Vain By Carter Wood, 05-11-2008 Mortgage bill $35 million earmark By Walter Olson, 05-08-2008 Colorado's other revenge-initiative war, and the NYT By Walter Olson, 05-08-2008 GOP House Leader Calls for Hearings into Milberg Weiss By Carter Wood, 05-02-2008 Obama Cites His Tort Reform Credentials By Carter Wood, 04-27-2008 On the Lobbying Lawsuit By Carter Wood, 04-22-2008 Ledbetter: No Limitations, Just Litigation By Carter Wood, 04-22-2008 Sundry By Carter Wood, 04-22-2008 One Man's Shield, Another's Sword By Carter Wood, 04-21-2008 N.C.: From vaccine-autism lawsuits to the statehouse? By Walter Olson, 04-16-2008 Washington Post calls for "comprehensive tort reform" By Ted Frank, 04-09-2008 Summary of Press Conference on "Arbitration Fairness Act" By Michael Krauss, 04-03-2008 New York Bill Attacks Abuse of Defamation Law By Michael Krauss, 04-03-2008 Wisconsin high court vote today By Walter Olson, 03-31-2008 "Part of the whole trial lawyer orbit" By Walter Olson, 03-24-2008 Trial bar playing offense in state capitols By Walter Olson, 03-19-2008 Voter fraud By Ted Frank, 03-15-2008 The Patent Reform Act of 2007 By Ted Frank, 02-22-2008 "Obama Comedown Syndrome" By Ted Frank, 02-20-2008 "Why Torts Trumped Terrorism" By Ted Frank, 02-18-2008 DC Gun Case: Et Tu, Paul Clement? By Michael Krauss, 02-14-2008 GOP candidates on judicial philosophy By Walter Olson, 02-06-2008 Update: Cates loses judicial bid By Walter Olson, 02-06-2008 Welcome Investors Business Daily readers By Walter Olson, 02-02-2008 Med-mal Reform Gets Cameo in SOTU By Marie Gryphon, 01-28-2008 Attorney General John Edwards? By Marie Gryphon, 01-28-2008 Lindsey on card-check and the Employee Free Choice Act By Ted Frank, 01-24-2008 Lawyers lent money to cover judge's gambling debts By Walter Olson, 11-29-2007 New featured column: "Mississippi on trial" By Walter Olson, 11-18-2007 Local governments and liability reform By Walter Olson, 11-09-2007 Election results By Walter Olson, 11-07-2007 Today's Mississippi elections By Walter Olson, 11-06-2007 Around the web, November 6 By Walter Olson, 11-06-2007 Pennsylvania Supreme Court races By Walter Olson, 11-04-2007 The Law of the Sea Treaty By Ted Frank, 10-29-2007 False Claims Correction Act: another earmark for trial lawyers By Ted Frank, 10-26-2007 Illinois trial lawyers By Walter Olson, 10-24-2007 Quoted in NYT today By Walter Olson, 10-18-2007 Mississippi AG contracts By Walter Olson, 10-17-2007 Around the web, October 16 By Walter Olson, 10-16-2007 Was Paul Minor framed? By Walter Olson, 10-12-2007 Pennsylvania Supreme Court races By Walter Olson, 10-07-2007 Trial lawyers' lobbying week By Walter Olson, 10-05-2007 John Edwards (again) on certificates of merit By Walter Olson, 10-02-2007 Mississippi legal reform By Walter Olson, 09-28-2007 John Edwards' pension pretensions By Walter Olson, 09-25-2007 Examiner on trial lawyer money in politics By Walter Olson, 09-24-2007 Legal Reform Summit Oct. 24 in Washington, D.C. By Walter Olson, 09-23-2007 September 25: Patent Reform Act of 2007 event By Ted Frank, 09-19-2007 Proximate Cause 1, Terrorist Assistance 0 By Michael Krauss, 09-18-2007 Texans for Lawsuit Reform By Walter Olson, 09-14-2007 Astroturf letters in Wash. insurance initiative By Walter Olson, 09-08-2007 Edwards Watch: Do as I say... By James R. Copland, 08-30-2007 Florida trial-lawyer priorities By Walter Olson, 08-28-2007 Romney on liability reform By Walter Olson, 08-24-2007 Hillary bashes Obama on CAFA By Walter Olson, 08-20-2007 Madison County improving By James R. Copland, 08-20-2007 Paul Minor sentencing hearing By Walter Olson, 08-03-2007 More on Dickie Scruggs By James R. Copland, 08-02-2007 Personal political announcement By Walter Olson, 07-17-2007 Voices of moderation, cont'd By Walter Olson, 07-12-2007 New Hampshire governor vetoes trial lawyers' bill By Walter Olson, 07-06-2007 Increased regulation of subprime mortgage loans By David Rossmiller, 06-27-2007 Edwards on malpractice By Ted Frank, 06-15-2007 In Colorado, the "Year of the Trial Lawyer" By Walter Olson, 06-06-2007 AJP on state tort politics By Walter Olson, 06-05-2007 Corporate Image Advertising and the Future of Free Enterprise By Ted Frank, 06-04-2007 Edwards on energy: egregious By Walter Olson, 06-04-2007 "Doctors don't vote, lawyers do" By Walter Olson, 06-03-2007 Illinois trial lawyers win grief damages By Walter Olson, 06-01-2007 European CEOs: Litigation deters investment in US By Ted Frank, 05-20-2007 Comey at Ashcroft's hospital bed By Ted Frank, 05-18-2007 Rudy Giuliani, abortion, and Roe v. Wade By Ted Frank, 05-11-2007 DOJ: Can't anyone here play this game? By Ted Frank, 05-10-2007 Oklahoma reform veto By Walter Olson, 05-10-2007 More on Oklahoma reform veto By Walter Olson, 05-01-2007 "I will not resign in the face of a plainly bogus charge of conflict of interest." By Ted Frank, 04-30-2007 Kim Strassel on "trial lawyer earmarks" By Ted Frank, 04-28-2007 Obama's troubling economic proposals By Ted Frank, 04-25-2007 Fred Thompson and "federalism" By Ted Frank, 04-24-2007 Wisconsin high court: the next round? By Walter Olson, 04-22-2007 Triple-header of Virginia Tech commentary By Walter Olson, 04-18-2007 The coming bipartisan economic collapse By Ted Frank, 04-12-2007 Wisconsin: Ziegler wins high court seat By Walter Olson, 04-06-2007 Wisconsin Supreme Court race By Walter Olson, 04-03-2007 Thanks so much, Sen. Specter By Walter Olson, 03-29-2007 West Virginia AG still handing out money By Ted Frank, 03-22-2007 More Democratic earmarks for trial lawyers By Ted Frank, 03-18-2007 OT: Bernard Lewis at the AEI Dinner By Ted Frank, 03-15-2007 Liability reform's new direction: procedure By Walter Olson, 03-01-2007 Colorado Home Astroturf By James R. Copland, 02-26-2007 Illinois legislative agenda By Walter Olson, 02-23-2007 "Voter intimidation" and card checks By Walter Olson, 02-16-2007 Libertarian-leaning judges By Walter Olson, 02-12-2007 That didn't take long: first Democratic earmark for trial lawyers By Ted Frank, 02-01-2007 "Presidential Hopefuls Unlikely To Be Tort Reformers" By Walter Olson, 01-24-2007 "They Work for Us," indeed By Walter Olson, 01-23-2007 Arizona malpractice legislation By Walter Olson, 01-18-2007 Ohio veto brouhaha By Walter Olson, 01-09-2007 Business Week cover story By Walter Olson, 01-02-2007 Obama and liability reform By Ted Frank, 12-27-2006 Texas politics: Fred Baron's $1.7M By Walter Olson, 12-13-2006 Market-priced milk for me, but not for thee By Ted Frank, 12-10-2006 "Special Interest Cash Hits a Wall in Judicial Elections" By Walter Olson, 12-10-2006 Reforming consumer class actions By Ted Frank, 12-02-2006 "Ex-Pelosi chief of staff: Dems to target big business" By Walter Olson, 11-30-2006 "We will be on the offense" By Walter Olson, 11-17-2006 New Zealand: No-fault medical error By Walter Olson, 11-15-2006 NYSE's John Thain By Walter Olson, 11-12-2006 "The US election: how did the lawyers fare?" By Walter Olson, 11-09-2006 Election results By Walter Olson, 11-08-2006 Extending our Featured Discussion By Walter Olson, 11-03-2006 Auditors seek protection By Ted Frank, 11-02-2006 Featured discussion tomorrow: election roundtable By Walter Olson, 10-30-2006 NY Times on future reforms By Ted Frank, 10-30-2006 Connecticut: Contract? What contract? By Ted Frank, 10-30-2006 McCarran-Ferguson and liability insurance By Ted Frank, 10-29-2006 South Dakota Judicial Accountability Movement - II By Jonathan B. Wilson, 10-18-2006 NYC panel next Wed.: law and the midterm elections By Walter Olson, 10-18-2006 Judicial elections and the New York Times By Ted Frank, 10-01-2006 Liberals, conservatives and tort law By Walter Olson, 09-28-2006 Birth injury compensation funds By Walter Olson, 09-21-2006 "Activism Is in the Eye of the Ideologist" By Ted Frank, 09-11-2006 Spitzer as New York governor By Walter Olson, 08-28-2006 Defense firms working against their clients' interests? By Walter Olson, 08-25-2006 Lead-counsel auctions, considered By Walter Olson, 08-01-2006 Calif. high court on Proposition 64 By Walter Olson, 07-25-2006 California Proposition 64 Update By Jonathan B. Wilson, 07-19-2006 Georgia court overturns more of tort reform bill By James R. Copland, 07-17-2006 Yesterday's House health hearing By Walter Olson, 07-14-2006 You Knew It Was Coming By James R. Copland, 07-13-2006 Health courts hearing today on Hill By Walter Olson, 07-13-2006 "A walking conflict of interest" By Walter Olson, 07-12-2006 New York courts seek to curb client-chasing By Walter Olson, 07-11-2006 Hearings on H.R. 5491 By Jonathan B. Wilson, 07-10-2006 Comments on Prof. Childs' "tort reform for liberals" By Walter Olson, 07-05-2006 Spitzer, Faso, and the New York high court By Walter Olson, 06-30-2006 Finishing Up By Bill Childs, 06-30-2006 Two-Fer: Peer Review Discovery and Memorial Damages By Bill Childs, 06-29-2006 Regulatory Compliance and Presumptions By Bill Childs, 06-28-2006 An Introduction to Tort Reform for Liberals By Bill Childs, 06-26-2006 Trial Lawyers, Inc. Update By Sam Munson, 06-20-2006 Leveling the International Playing Field: A Proposal By Pat Cleary, 06-15-2006 Some Investment Advice from the Trial Bar By Pat Cleary, 06-14-2006 Guest Blogger, Reporting for Duty..... By Pat Cleary, 06-12-2006 They didn't mean that kind of excessive pay By Walter Olson, 06-08-2006 Tuesday victory for the Supremacy Clause By Ted Frank, 06-07-2006 The many hats of Dan Fee By Walter Olson, 06-06-2006 "From physician to legislator" By Walter Olson, 06-02-2006 Paul Carpenter on Phony Anti-tort reform lobbies By Michael Krauss, 05-23-2006 Featured Discussion By Sam Munson, 05-19-2006 Client consumer protection: "payee notification" laws By Walter Olson, 05-18-2006 "Price-gouging" law passes House By Ted Frank, 05-12-2006 Is Lawyer Licensing Necessary? Part II By Jonathan B. Wilson, 05-11-2006 It begins By Ted Frank, 05-10-2006 Med-mal cloture motion fails By Ted Frank, 05-09-2006 Harry Reid needs to read Point of Law By Ted Frank, 05-08-2006 Is Lawyer Licensing Necessary? A Response to Professor Ribstein By Jonathan B. Wilson, 05-08-2006 National Law Journal on med-mal bills By Ted Frank, 05-04-2006 "Health Week" pushed back to May 8 By Ted Frank, 05-02-2006 Bush's remarks on medical-malpractice legislation By Ted Frank, 05-01-2006 "Alabama Values Coalition" By Walter Olson, 05-01-2006 Maryland lead-paint legislation By Walter Olson, 04-19-2006 Consent-decree reform By Walter Olson, 04-18-2006 "Making civil justice sane" By Walter Olson, 04-18-2006 Who outspends whom in ballot battles? By Walter Olson, 04-12-2006 Steve Westly's CalPERS capers By James R. Copland, 04-07-2006 McKinney and employment class actions By James R. Copland, 04-06-2006 Turnstile certificates of merit By Walter Olson, 04-06-2006 Windfalls ahead for Illinois plaintiffs? By Walter Olson, 04-03-2006 Al Gore's Voodoo Economics By Jonathan B. Wilson, 03-31-2006 Pay-for-play AG operations By Walter Olson, 03-31-2006 Ironies of the Times By Walter Olson, 03-25-2006 Good Samaritan liability By Walter Olson, 03-14-2006 No surprise: NBER paper shows medmal reform works By Ted Frank, 03-13-2006 ABA vs. health courts By Walter Olson, 03-13-2006 "States take lead in medical malpractice reform" By Walter Olson, 03-12-2006 Supreme Court ignoring lawprofs By Walter Olson, 03-08-2006 AIR Study on Medical Malpractice By Martin F Grace, 03-07-2006 Milberg Weiss's bipartisanship By Walter Olson, 02-28-2006 Medical criteria bill alive again? By Ted Frank, 02-17-2006 "Democrats Warned on Asbestos Bill" By Walter Olson, 02-14-2006 Republicans and Democrats Agree By Jonathan B. Wilson, 02-13-2006 BREAKING: Senate votes to allow FAIR Act debate to proceed By Ted Frank, 02-07-2006 Influential in Arizona By Walter Olson, 02-07-2006 What the trial bar's up to By Walter Olson, 02-06-2006 Bush in SOTU on med-mal By Walter Olson, 02-01-2006 Reid objects to Specter-Leahy asbestos bill By Ted Frank, 01-31-2006 Wisconsin politics By Walter Olson, 01-29-2006 "Albany Inc.: New York's Huge Hidden Tax" By Walter Olson, 01-23-2006 The "Little Guy" and civil justice reform By Ted Frank, 01-18-2006 Wisconsin governor vetoes more reforms By Ted Frank, 01-08-2006 Liability limits: violative of the U.S. Constitution? By Walter Olson, 12-19-2005 2005 scorecard for med-mal reform By Ted Frank, 12-07-2005 Blame the Law, Not the Lawyers By Jonathan B. Wilson, 12-07-2005 Speaking of slush funds By Ted Frank, 12-05-2005 Liability reform in Georgia By Walter Olson, 12-01-2005 Correcting Wisconsin's high court By Walter Olson, 11-23-2005 ATLA blocking avian flu bill By Walter Olson, 11-17-2005 South Dakota Judicial Accountability Movement By Jonathan B. Wilson, 11-15-2005 Karl Rove's speech to the Federalist Society By Ted Frank, 11-14-2005 "Three strikes" license suspension By Walter Olson, 11-10-2005 Balloting results By Walter Olson, 11-09-2005 California Prop 79 By Walter Olson, 11-08-2005 Washington state ballot battle By Walter Olson, 11-08-2005 New Jersey foul balls By Walter Olson, 11-02-2005 Assumption of risk By Walter Olson, 10-28-2005 Neutral experts in Chattanooga By Ted Frank, 10-27-2005 Wisconsin Supreme Court By Walter Olson, 10-26-2005 Legal Reform Summit tomorrow in D.C. By Walter Olson, 10-25-2005 Cheeseburger Bill Passes House, Again By Jonathan B. Wilson, 10-21-2005 Congress Shields Gun Manufacturers By Jonathan B. Wilson, 10-20-2005 Is Blood Thicker than Water v. Wind? By Martin F Grace, 10-19-2005 AJP's "Legal Reform Speaker's Resource" By Walter Olson, 10-17-2005 9/11 fund bad, suing good, cont'd By Walter Olson, 10-16-2005 Trial lawyers' war on arbitration By Walter Olson, 10-06-2005 9/11 fund bad, suing good By Walter Olson, 09-30-2005 Featured article: Ramesh Ponnuru on trial lawyers and the Right By Walter Olson, 09-30-2005 Analysis of Georgia Offer of Judgment Case By Jonathan B. Wilson, 09-29-2005 9/11 compensation fund By Walter Olson, 09-19-2005 News flash: we agree with Judge Reinhardt By Walter Olson, 09-14-2005 Washington state replays the Florida malpractice debate By Ted Frank, 09-12-2005 Roberts hearings and ole' Arlen By James R. Copland, 09-12-2005 Roberts, politics, and truth By James R. Copland, 08-30-2005 Missouri Tort Reform Brings "Flood" of Lawsuits By Jonathan B. Wilson, 08-29-2005 Medical Malpractice Courts By Martin F Grace, 08-25-2005 Georgia Lawmakers Take Another Look at Tort Reform By Jonathan B. Wilson, 08-25-2005 Wisconsin's lawless high court By Walter Olson, 08-11-2005 Learning the Wrong Lessons from "An American Tragedy" By David Bernstein, 08-08-2005 "The costliest governor election campaign in history" By Walter Olson, 08-08-2005 Medical-legal courts By Walter Olson, 08-06-2005 Constitutional Model for Questioning Judicial Nominees By Jonathan B. Wilson, 07-29-2005 New from the Washington Legal Foundation By James R. Copland, 07-29-2005 Temporary setback in Pennsylvania By Ted Frank, 07-27-2005 The war on Wal-Mart By Walter Olson, 07-27-2005 Hillary's move to the center? By Ted Frank, 07-26-2005 Tort Reform Record By Ted Frank, 07-26-2005 Inside the Beltway = reliably conservative? By Walter Olson, 07-25-2005 Our editor on Harry Reid's "baffling" Court noise By James R. Copland, 07-07-2005 Terror Risk and the Trial Bar By Martin F Grace, 07-01-2005 Hidden Costs of the Liability Crisis By Martin F Grace, 06-20-2005 ADA Reform Bill By Jonathan B. Wilson, 06-17-2005 Alabama asbestos-ad antics By Walter Olson, 06-09-2005 Reminder: Jun. 9 panel: "Government by Consent Decree?" By Ted Frank, 06-08-2005 Scruggs and Hantler debate By Walter Olson, 06-05-2005 Commitment to "social justice" By Walter Olson, 06-01-2005 Go away, Wegman's By Walter Olson, 06-01-2005 Paul Rubin on contracts and torts By Walter Olson, 05-19-2005 Missouri reforms By Walter Olson, 05-17-2005 Asbestos reform: Texas, Florida victories By Walter Olson, 05-16-2005 New Mississippi furor: 14% fee for tax collection By Walter Olson, 05-13-2005 8,200 amendments By Walter Olson, 05-05-2005 Florida showdown By Walter Olson, 05-02-2005 Filibuster Update By James R. Copland, 04-28-2005 Florida teaching hospitals seek med-mal relief By Ted Frank, 04-21-2005 Litigation slush funds: Lockyer funnels cash to Rosenfield's FTCR By Walter Olson, 04-15-2005 "Alternatives to Litigation" By Walter Olson, 04-06-2005 Bush malpractice reform stalls in Senate By Ted Frank, 04-03-2005 Update: Popcorn flavoring suits By Ted Frank, 03-28-2005 Okla. lawmakers seek to rein in AG By Walter Olson, 03-21-2005 Private lawsuits and systematic externalities By Walter Olson, 03-20-2005 Bankruptcy blog bingo By Walter Olson, 03-16-2005 Georgia tort reform: both passed and pending By Ted Frank, 03-15-2005 Posner on election of judges By Walter Olson, 03-15-2005 Specter on the asbestos bill By James R. Copland, 03-01-2005 Colo. could restore "open and obvious danger" rule By Walter Olson, 02-22-2005 Bush signs CAFA By James R. Copland, 02-18-2005 Breaking news: House passes CAFA By Ted Frank, 02-17-2005 Law Lords: "loss of a chance" doctrine up to Parliament By Walter Olson, 02-16-2005 Welcome Washington Times readers By James R. Copland, 02-15-2005 "A Well-Oiled Machine" By Walter Olson, 02-15-2005 Biden: let us now praise "bottom-feeders" By Walter Olson, 02-14-2005 A bipartisan win By Walter Olson, 02-13-2005 New class action study By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 Class Action Fairness Act: reflection By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 Class Action Fairness Act: perspective By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 More on Senate passage of class action reform By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 Senate passes class action reform By Michael DeBow, 02-10-2005 Term limits for federal judges? By Ted Frank, 02-08-2005 Illinois State of the State pushes med-mal reform By Ted Frank, 02-04-2005 Class Action Fairness Act clears committee By James R. Copland, 02-03-2005 Why, Democrats? By Walter Olson, 02-02-2005 "Many eyes on tort reform debate" By Walter Olson, 02-01-2005 Taylor on Bush reforms By James R. Copland, 01-31-2005 Torts and torture By James R. Copland, 01-31-2005 UK's Economist By Walter Olson, 01-30-2005 Senate situation, cont'd By Walter Olson, 01-24-2005 Sacramento's revolving door By Walter Olson, 01-17-2005 Bob Herbert at it again By James R. Copland, 01-14-2005 Med mal in the Senate By Walter Olson, 01-12-2005 Tort reform programming note By Michael DeBow, 01-11-2005 Featured Discussion underway now By James R. Copland, 01-10-2005 Media Matters matters By Ted Frank, 01-08-2005 Question that answers itself By Ted Frank, 01-06-2005 Bush: "I'm here to talk about how we need to fix a broken medical liability system." By Ted Frank, 01-06-2005 Subsidizing docs' insurance By Walter Olson, 01-04-2005 Bush to Madison County By James R. Copland, 01-03-2005 Final thoughts on Maag, and next month's discussion By James R. Copland, 12-24-2004 Maryland med-mal: special session By James R. Copland, 12-22-2004 Lose an election? Sue, of course By James R. Copland, 12-21-2004 Federalism and liability reform By Walter Olson, 12-20-2004 Ohio enacts wide-ranging liability reforms By Walter Olson, 12-20-2004 Bainbridge on Spitzer By Michael DeBow, 12-15-2004 Calif. Prop 64 aftermath By Walter Olson, 12-15-2004 Trial lawyers qualify Wash. med-mal initiative By Walter Olson, 12-13-2004 "Extortion applauded" By Walter Olson, 12-10-2004 Spitzer's friends, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-07-2004 Spitzer's "reign of force" By James R. Copland, 11-22-2004 Specter as Judiciary chair By Walter Olson, 11-18-2004 Specter and tort reform, part deux By James R. Copland, 11-16-2004 Justice Talking tomorrow night By James R. Copland, 11-15-2004 Specter and tort reform By Michael DeBow, 11-11-2004 Wyoming referendum results split By Walter Olson, 11-09-2004 Aftermath of Prop 64 By Walter Olson, 11-06-2004 Public Choice and Tort Reform By Michael DeBow, 11-05-2004 Belated judicial election round-up By Michael DeBow, 11-05-2004 AP on Tuesday's results By Walter Olson, 11-05-2004 Med-mal initiatives By Walter Olson, 11-05-2004 Cost of Maag/Karmeier race By Walter Olson, 11-05-2004 Illinois judgeships By Walter Olson, 11-04-2004 Polls and voter sentiment By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 Karmeier wins in Illinois By James R. Copland, 11-03-2004 Morning update By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 And so to bed By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 Oregon's 35: now a 17-vote lead By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 Oregon's Measure 35 on knife edge By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 Prop 64 winning By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 Wyoming amendments faltering By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 Big win in Nevada By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Calif.'s Prop 64 way ahead By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 More on McGraw-Benjamin race (W.Va.) By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Wyoming Amendments C and D By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 CNN's ballot measures page... By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Florida: Amendment Three wins big By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Coloradans rejecting Amendment 34 By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 McGraw-Benjamin race in W.V. By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 s. 17200 (and Proposition 64) roundup [reprint] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Calif. bounty-hunting, again [reprint] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Fla. docs petition to curb malpractice fees [reprint] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Fla. initiative battle royal [reprint] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Fla. medical initiatives, cont'd [reprint] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Proposition 64 [reprint] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Colorado construction initiative [reprint] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 State initiatives head to the wire [reprinted post] By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Prop 64 tug-of-war By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Liveblogging the ballot measures tonight By Walter Olson, 11-02-2004 Sinclair Broadcasting: Meet Trial Lawyers, Inc. By James R. Copland, 10-25-2004 State initiatives head to the wire By Walter Olson, 10-25-2004 George Will By Walter Olson, 10-18-2004 Recess appointment upheld By Michael DeBow, 10-15-2004 Houston Chronicle on asbestos By Michael DeBow, 10-11-2004 Lawsuit reform edu-tainment By Ted Frank, 10-04-2004 Proposition 64 By James R. Copland, 09-20-2004 Next week: Election 2004 By James R. Copland, 09-16-2004 Rule 11 reform clears House By James R. Copland, 09-15-2004 House panel OKs Rule 11 revival; Greenspan speaks By Walter Olson, 09-09-2004 Democrats' support for trial lawyers polarizes business community By Ted Frank, 09-06-2004 A couple post-convention thoughts By James R. Copland, 09-03-2004 Lawyer contributions By James R. Copland, 09-02-2004 The uses of securities regulation By Walter Olson, 09-01-2004 Texas reforms reduce malpractice costs By Ted Frank, 08-25-2004 ABA to back jury reforms By Walter Olson, 08-24-2004 Calif. insurance dept. hires lawyer on contingency By Walter Olson, 08-20-2004 Featured Discussion underway now! By James R. Copland, 08-17-2004 Rx: tougher sanctions By Walter Olson, 08-17-2004 New Featured Discussion next week on contingency fee reform! By James R. Copland, 08-11-2004 Calif.: let's keep those liability subsidies moving By Walter Olson, 08-11-2004 Our editor on the Democratic Convention -- and Fred Baron spouts off By James R. Copland, 07-30-2004 Medical malpractice: costly problems, real solutions By James R. Copland, 07-28-2004 Tobacco appeal bond update: the Empire State enters the fray? By James R. Copland, 07-26-2004 Puffing away: the government's misbegotten tobacco adventures continue By James R. Copland, 07-20-2004 Colo. construction-defects initiative By Walter Olson, 07-19-2004 Med-mal: no-fault, and lessons from abroad By Walter Olson, 07-14-2004 Tort reform in the states By James R. Copland, 07-13-2004 Class Action Fairness Act stalls in Senate By James R. Copland, 07-09-2004 Wall Street Journal on trial lawyers By James R. Copland, 07-08-2004 Two good background reads By James R. Copland, 07-08-2004 Bernstein on Edwards By James R. Copland, 07-06-2004 Class Action Fairness Act to hit the Senate floor By James R. Copland, 07-06-2004 More on Edwards By James R. Copland, 07-06-2004 Will Edwards's selection bring the Chamber of Commerce into the fray? By James R. Copland, 07-06-2004 Kerry taps Edwards -- has Trial Lawyers, Inc. entered the race? By James R. Copland, 07-06-2004 Fear of Spitzer By Walter Olson, 06-24-2004 Can Rule 11 be rescued? By James R. Copland, 06-21-2004 Reforming pre- and post-judgment interest By Walter Olson, 06-21-2004 "Asbestos Free Texas" woos GOP By Walter Olson, 06-17-2004 Utah court tosses "split-award" law By Walter Olson, 06-14-2004 It's on... no, it's off By James R. Copland, 06-02-2004 More confusion: business-to-business lawsuits By James R. Copland, 05-27-2004 Loser pays: clearing up some confusion By James R. Copland, 05-26-2004 Sen. Graham introduces loser-pays bill By Walter Olson, 05-19-2004 Tort reform opponents play race card By Ted Frank, 05-19-2004 Senate refuses to block gun suits By Walter Olson, 05-19-2004 Fla. docs petition to curb malpractice fees By Walter Olson, 05-19-2004 Senate nixes OB relief By Walter Olson, 05-18-2004 Mississippi changes venue and joinder rules By Ted Frank, 05-18-2004 Oz reforms: no tears for laid-off lawyers By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 New York abolishes ad damnum By Walter Olson, 05-15-2004 New vs. Old Democrats on Class Actions By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 "Why does the gun industry deserve special protection?" By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 "N.C. Senate approves medical malpractice bill" By Ted Frank, 05-13-2004 "Venue wish upon a star" By Walter Olson, 05-13-2004 Texas tort reform update By Ted Frank, 05-13-2004 Rx: Hired-gun control By Walter Olson, 05-13-2004 Texas's Proposition 12 By Walter Olson, 05-13-2004
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