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2006 Media Archives
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| DECEMBER 2006 | | 12/20/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony P. Archie | Which way to Las Vegas? | | 12/14/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) following the release of Judicial Hellholes 2006 on what the report means for Texas and their tort-reform efforts. | | 12/14/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | State Journal: W.Va. Burns as 'Judicial Hellhole' | | 12/13/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report was cited in Judicial Hellholes 2006 published by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). | | 12/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Dallas Business Journal: Texas nabs top spot in national tort liability study; Changes propelled economic growth, report claims | | 12/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | San Antonio Business Journal: Texas nabs top spot in national tort liability study; Changes propelled economic growth, report claims | | 12/08/06 | Op-Ed | Matt Tennis | Sacramento Union: Union Front-Group CURE Earns California Golden Fleece Award | | 12/06/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Advised Steve Roberts, president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, on legal costs in the 50 states and where West Virginia ranks. | | 12/05/06 | Op-Ed | Anthony P. Archie | California Political Review Online: California’s To-Do List | | 12/05/06 | Op-Ed | Steve Hantler | Washington Times: Spoilsport Trial Lawyers | | 12/01/06 | Event | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | PRI's Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillan has been asked by Dr. Timothy J. Kane, Director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., to join the Advisory Board for the Heritage/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom. | | 12/01/06 | Clipping | Jeffrey Johnson | State Policy Network: Institute for Humane Studies Internship Program Update |
| NOVEMBER 2006 | | 11/29/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony P. Archie | California’s To-Do List | | 11/20/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Market Wire.com: Ohio Best in the Midwest for Tort Climate | | 11/20/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Best Buy Mortgages.com: U.S. Tort Liability Index mentioned in blog | | 11/17/06 | Clipping | Sally C. Pipes | The Examiner: Economist Friedman dies | | 11/17/06 | Golden Fleece Award | Matt Tennis | Union Front-Group CURE Earns California Golden Fleece Award | | 11/16/06 | Dinner | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Attended PRI’s annual gala dinner, hosted by Steven Hayward and featuring novelist Christopher Buckley. The dinner was attended by nearly 400 guests and PRI supporters. Complimentary copies of PRI reports, including the U.S. Tort Liability Index, were available. | | 11/17/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Directorship.com: Declaring War On Lawsuit Abuse - The American Justice Partnership fights for tort reform, state by state | | 11/15/06 | Meeting | Anthony P. Archie | PRI’s Anthony P. Archie spoke to a delegation of Swedish business owners, policymakers, and think tank scholars about California's business climate as part of the delegation's three-city tour of California. | | 11/13/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Anderson Economic Group obtained permission from PRI to use the rankings from PRI’s U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report in a new book tentatively titled The State Economic Handbook. | | 11/08/06 | Capital Ideas | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Election Lessons From California | | 11/08/06 | Clipping | K. Lloyd Billingsley | San Diego Union Tribune: State's tax-phobia: alive and well | | 11/08/06 | Press Release | PRI | Pacific Research Institute’s Work Gets Election Results | | 11/07/06 | Radio | Josh Treviño | Decision 2006: Election Night Coverage on the Jim Bohannon Radio Show
Part I | Part II |Part III | Part IV | Part V | | 11/06/06 | Capital Ideas | K. Lloyd Billingsley | News Flash: California Voters Become Policy Makers | | 11/03/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Colorado Springs Business Journal: Colorado ranks second in the nation for its efforts to restrain abusive lawsuits | | 11/03/06 | Interview | Hovannes Abramyan | Interviewed by the Kiplinger Letter in Washington, D.C. about California’s attorney general race and issues affecting the state’s businesses. | | 11/02/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Heritage Foundation: The Insider mentions "How Californians Can Stop "Creative" Regulatory Theft" | | 11/01/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony P. Archie | How Californians can stop "creative" regulatory theft | | 11/01/06 | Debate | Anthony P. Archie | Panelist at University of California - Hastings' School of Law Proposition 90 discussion sponsored by the Hastings Federalist Society. |
| OCTOBER 2006 | | 10/31/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Tallahassee Democrat: My View: Tallahassee's road to economic growth uncertain | | 10/29/06 | Op-Ed | Matt Tennis | Inland Southern California Press-Enterprise: How to Build Cleaner and Cheaper Power Plants | | 10/27/06 | Clipping | K. Lloyd Billingsley | HipHop Libertarian Blog: Clean Money People In California Pander to the Youth | | 10/27/06 | TV | Josh Treviño | Decision 2006: Americans For Prosperity "Taxpayer Trust Tour" in Malibu, CA | | 10/26/06 | Event | Anthony P. Archie | Anthony spoke at the Americans For Prosperity "Taxpayer Trust Tour" event in San Diego, which highlighted the problems of California's public employee pension systems and emphasized the need for reform. | | 10/25/06 | TV | Josh Treviño | Decision 2006: Americans For Prosperity "Taxpayer Trust Tour" in Bakersfield, CA | | 10/24/06 | TV | Josh Treviño | Decision 2006: Americans For Prosperity "Taxpayer Trust Tour" in San Rafael, CA | | 10/23/06 | Op-Ed | Gary Galles | Orange County Register: Prop. 90: Misleading comparisons to Oregon law | | 10/23/06 | Clipping | PRI | Marin Independent Journal: Anti-Measure R protest planned for Tuesday | | 10/20/06 | Op-Ed | Sally C. Pipes | San Francisco Business Times: Women, long the economy's engine, now take the wheel | | 10/19/06 | TV | Anthony P. Archie | Guest on Q&A hosted by Roy Avila on Action 36, Cable 6 (KICU-TV San Jose). He spoke on the abuse of eminent domain in California and the need for Prop. 90. | | 10/19/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Heritage Foundation: The Insider mentions "How Proposition 90 would stop Caltrans From Spreading Blight" | | 10/19/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Trial Lawyers, Inc.: Illinois, released by the Manhattan Institute, cites statistics from the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report. | | 10/19/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Denver Post: Business gets lift in tort liability | | 10/19/06 | Panel Discussion | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Forum on Colorado’s tort-liability system, hosted by the Independence Institute. Discussed PRI's U.S. Tort Liability Index and Colorado's tort-liability system, which ranked second overall. | | 10/19/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Contra Costa Times: Barnett questions accuracy of Sebelius' latest ad | | 10/18/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony P. Archie | How Proposition 90 Would Stop Caltrans from Spreading Blight | | 10/18/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | PrimeZone.com: Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC Leader Speaks Out on $2.5 Million Political Contribution From John O'Quinn | | 10/17/06 | Clipping | Steven Greenhut | Contra Costa Times: Community vs. individual | | 10/13/06 | Clipping | Lawrence McQuillan | Contra Costa Times: Study looks at diversity, turnover | | 10/10/06 | Release | Steven Greenhut | New PRI Pamphlet Explains Why Proposition 90 is Critical to Protecting Property Rights of Californians | | 10/10/06 | PRI Pamphlet | Steven Greenhut | Proposition 90: Righting Property Wrongs (pdf)
Media Features | | 10/10/06 | Release | K. Lloyd Billingsley | New PRI Pamphlet Dispels Promises of Proposition 89 - Initiative Masquerades as Welfare for Politicians | | 10/10/06 | PRI Pamphlet | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Proposition 89: No Clean Sweep (pdf)
Media Features | | 10/09/06 | Clipping | Lawrence McQuillan | The Cleveland Plains Dealer: EPA chief calls bills harmful for Ohio | | 10/05/06 | Op-Ed | Gary Galles | Capital Weekly: Proposition 87, the Clean Energy Initiative, lacks assurances, details | | 10/05/06 | Clipping | Anthony Archie | Contra Costa Times: Nurses vow to strike if ruling is used | | 10/05/06 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Orange County Register: California Focus: Taxpayer funds don't 'clean' elections | | 10/04/06 | Testimony | Anthony P. Archie | Testified before the Joint Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Judiciary, Housing and Community Development, and Local Government On Proposition 90 at the State Capitol in Sacramento | | 10/04/06 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Victorville Daily Press: Prop 89 is just welfare for politicians | | 10/04/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | Hillsboro Times Gazette: Ohio's legal system is improving | | 10/03/06 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | California Political Review: Welfare for politicians? | | 10/03/06 | Clipping | Anthony Archie | Monterey County Herald: Public-employee pensions under fire | | 10/02/06 | Clipping | Anthony Archie | Los Angeles Times: Private-Sector Anger Builds as Public Pension Costs Rise | | 10/00/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | ABA Journal.com: Tort Reform Texas Style |
| SEPTEMBER 2006 | | 09/28/06 | Radio | Steven Greenhut | Guest on “Uprising with Sonali Kohatkar” on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles. Proposition 90, the “Protect Our Homes Initiative,” on the November 7 ballot. | | 09/27/06 | Op-Ed | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Seattle Times: Plum torts - A rich indulgence | | 09/27/06 | Clipping | K. Lloyd Billingsley | The San Diego Union Tribune: Oh, yeah, Arizona and Maine are shining success stories | | 09/27/06 | Capital Ideas | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Proposition 89 and the Experience of other States | | 09/25/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | American Justice Partnership: Lawsuit Lunacy | | 09/25/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | American Justice Partnership: California: Gold Mine for Legal Extortion | | 09/25/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Spoke with Omar A. Vargas, Director of Global Policy & Government Affairs for PepsiCo, regarding data from the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 09/25/06 | Radio | Lawrence McQuillan | Guest on the Lars Larson Show, a nationally syndicated radio talk show on the Westwood One Radio Network carried by more than 175 stations across the country. | | 09/24/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan | The Toledo Blade: Investors turn away from Ohio as heavy use of tax dollars to woo jobs doesn't pay off | | 09/21/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | The American Petroleum Institute will discuss the U.S. Tort Liability Index, and distribute copies, at an upcoming meeting of member companies’ general counsels. | | 09/21/06 | Radio | Lawrence. McQuillan | Guest on the John D'Andre Show, a radio talk show in Hamden, Connecticut, on WQUN. Lawrence spoke about excessive civil litigation and its drag on the U.S. economy; the U.S. Tort Liability Index; and reforms that would help Connecticut improve its tort liability system and lift it up from its current 44th-place ranking. | | 09/20/06 | Meeting | Lawrence. McQuillan | Lawrence spoke with Martin L. Kent, Counsel to the Attorney General of Virginia and managing director of the Attorney General's Government and Regulatory Reform Task Force, on issues relevant to an objective assessment of regulatory burdens in Virginia, with the goal of overhauling the state's most burdensome regulations impacting small businesses, agriculture, and health care. | | 09/19/06 | Radio | Hovannes Abramyan | Interviewed on The James Gang on Fox News Radio, KCOL in Fort Collins, Colorado. He spoke about recent frivolous lawsuits as well as Colorado’s ranking in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 09/18/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | Met with Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, to discuss the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 09/18/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | Dallas Business Journal: Out-of-state work keeps injury lawyers busy | | 09/17/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | TheMonitor.com: Malpractice reform still debated | | 09/17/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | The Washington Times: Lawsuit lunacy | | 09/14/06 | Conference | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Spoke on the U.S. Tort Liability Index to the Civil Justice Reform Group (CJRG) meeting in San Francisco. CJRG is comprised of Fortune 100 companies involved in civil-justice reform and activities across the country. | | 09/12/06 | Meeting | Anthony P. Archie | Interviewed by Los Angeles Times reporter Molly Fisk on the issue of unfunded pension liabilities | | 09/08/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | Advised Dave Moore, government and law reporter at the Dallas Business Journal, on Texas’s ranking in several variables in the U.S. Tort Liability Index | | 09/07/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Spoke with Frank Geary of the Las Vegas Review-Journal about Nevada’s ranking of 33 in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 09/07/06 | Op-Ed | Tibor Machan | Desert Dispatch: Are Americans workaholics -- or just passionate workers? | | 09/06/06 | Request | Anthony P. Archie | Received a letter from California Assemblyman Keith Richman requesting his opinion on an Attorney General investigation into whether CalPERS is concealing the true costs of retroactive benefits. | | 09/06/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | MensNewsDaily.com: Virginia is for Business Lovers | | 09/01/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Martin L. Kent, Counsel to the Attorney General of Virginia and administrator of the Government and Regulatory Reform Task Force, on the state’s ranking of 15th in the regulatory sector in the U.S. Economic Freedom Index as well as the state's ranking in Forbes’s "Best States to do Business" ranking. | | 09/01/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | Human Events: California: Gold Mine for Legal Extortion | | 09/01/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Pepperdine People Magazine: “Alumni in Action,” described Anthony’s work investigating public employee pension reform and government expenditure limitations. | | 09/00/06 | Op-Ed | Anthony P. Archie | Budget and Tax News: California Union Gives Up Pension 'Spiking' |
| AUGUST 2006 | | 08/31/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | The Evening Bulletin: The Burden Of Over-Regulation | | 08/25/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan,
A. Archie,
H. Abramyan | Met with Sean Walsh and John Fillmore, the Director and Deputy Director respectively of the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, to discuss policy priorities in the coming year. | | 08/24/06 | Meeting | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Met with Lara Dunbar of the California Restaurant Association to discuss the U.S. Tort Liability Index and the tort problems in California. Possible future events were discussed at the meeting. | | 08/23/06 | Radio | Anthony P. Archie | Guest on KQED-Radio's "Forum" with host Michael Krasny. Debated the effects of California's minimum wage proposal with Art Pulaski of the California Labor Foundation, Harley Shaiken of UC Berkeley, and Michael Shaw of the National Federation of Independent Business. | | 08/23/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Advised Hodgson Russ LLP paralegal Linda Pratt on New York’s ranking in several variables in the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report. These variables included several types of general-liability monetary losses, monetary caps, negligence standards, and joint and several liability reform. | | 08/18/06 | Presentation | Anthony P. Archie | Dan Clifton from the American Shareholders Association gave a presentation titled "Portable Public Pensions: The Inevitable Reform" (pdf) in which he cited statistics from PRI's Pension Intervention: Reforming California's Public Employee Retirement Systems. | | 08/18/06 | Meeting | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Spoke with Frank Geary, a reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, about collusion between lawyers and doctors in personal-injury lawsuits. | | 08/16/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Forbes magazine's latest issue contains its first-ever listing of the best states for business. This ranking is based on thirty metrics, two of which were developed by PRI's Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillan: the U.S. Economic Freedom Index and the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 08/16/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell credited Virginia's regulatory ranking in PRI’s U.S. Economic Freedom Index as the impetus for creating a regulatory reform task force to conduct a systematic overhaul of the state’s burdensome regulations. | | 08/15/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Reason Foundation: California Taxation Leads to Mass Migration. The author uses California's poor ranking in the Index to make the case that high taxes and a poor business climate in California is causing entrepreneurs and the wealthy to move to other states. | | 08/15/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan,
A. Archie | Met with Bjorn Falkenhall and Marcus Zackrisson of the Swedish Consulate in Los Angeles to discuss current policy issues in California and Lawrence’s participation in a business-climate seminar for Swedish lawmakers and entrepreneurs in November. | | 08/11/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Daily Press (VA): McDonnell's effort: 'Regulation' isn't a dirty word, and 'reform' sometimes isn't | | 8/10/06 | Op-Ed | Hovannes Abramyan | Human Events Online: Legal Reform Is Key to U.S. Global Competitiveness | | 08/07/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Virginian-Pilot: More worry than work for McDonnell panel | | 08/07/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Philadelphia Daily News: Swann letter looks kind of like a Hail Mary pass | | 08/04/06 | Meeting | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Spoke with Christina Nuckols of the Richmond, Virginia, bureau of the Virginian-Pilot newspaper about Virginia's ranking in the regulatory sector of the U.S. Economic Freedom Index and why it ranks 15th in that sector. The interview was prompted by the Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell publicly using the Index to justify the creation of a 65-member task force to overhaul and streamline regulation in Virginia. | | 08/04/06 | CA State Hearing | L. McQuillan,
L. Izumi,
A. Archie | The California Wage Board voted on proposals to increase the state's minimum wage. All proposals failed to pass in deadlocked 6-6 tie votes. The Wage Board considered, as part of submitted material, three articles opposing minimum-wage increases written by PRI's Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillan, Lance T. Izumi, and Anthony P. Archie.
PRI's Kevin Dayton, Senior Fellow in Labor Union Studies, was a member of the Wage Board and voted against all proposals to increase the state's minimum wage. | | 8/04/06 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Hawaii Reporter: Monopolies Are Never Good | | 8/03/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Met with Diann Rogers and Tom Scott of California’s Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) to discuss the U.S. Tort Liability Index and the tort problems in California. Possible future events were discussed at the meeting. | | 8/01/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Illinois State Senator Kirk Dillard on Illinois’ 32nd place ranking in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 8/01/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Ohio Representative Bill Seitz on Ohio’s 4th place ranking in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. Representative Seitz is Assistant Majority Whip in the Ohio House of Representatives. | | 8/01/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Mississippi State Senator Charlie Ross on Mississippi’s 21st place ranking in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. Senator Ross is co-chairman of ALEC’s Civil Justice Task Force. | | 8/01/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | The U.S. Tort Liability Index was featured in the Insurance Information Institute’s “Hot Topics and Issues Updates” for August 2006. The feature lists the top five and bottom five states in the ranking |
| JULY 2006 | | 7/28/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
H. Abramyan | Point of Law.com: U.S. Tort Liability Index | | 7/28/06 | Op-Ed | Lawrence McQuillan | New York Sun: Muzzle the Bar? | | 7/28/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Advised Anne Krueger of the San Diego Union-Tribune on ADA law and abuse in California. | | 7/26/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan
H. Abramyan | Met with John Sullivan of the Civil Justice Association of California to discuss the U.S. Tort Liability Index and the tort problems in California. Possible future events were discussed at the meeting. | | 7/26/06 | Meeting | L. McQuillan
H. Abramyan | Met with Kyla Christoffersen of the California Chamber of Commerce to discuss the U.S. Tort Liability Index and the tort problems in California. Possible future events were discussed at the meeting. | | 7/26/06 | Clipping | PRI | MetroActive.com: PRI listed as "A resource that really matters" in state and local government policies | | 7/25/06 | Radio | Lawrence McQuillan | Recorded a segment on the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report for the Kansas Information Radio News Network which will be aired on radio stations throughout the state of Kansas. | | 7/25/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Representative Vos of Wisconsin on the state of Wisconsin’s tort liability system. | | 7/25/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Representative Dally of Pennsylvania on the state of Pennsylvania’s tort liability system. | | 7/25/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Lois Snowe-Mello, state senator from Maine, on the state of Maine’s tort liability system. | | 7/24/06 | Golden Fleece Award | Kevin Dayton | California Taxpayers Fleeced Again to Pay for Union Propaganda | | 7/24/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Sacramento Union: State Workers Could Suffer in Retirement | | 7/24/06 | Clipping | Kevin Dayton | Flash Report: Arnold Bankrolls Oppostion Research on Himself | | 7/24/06 | Clipping | Kevin Dayton | Wall Street Journal: Arnold Bankrolls Opposition Research on Himself | | 7/21/06 | Radio | Hovannes Abramyan | Guest on “Nothing But Truth” hosted by Crane Durham on “Fox News Radio” 97.1FM Talk in St. Louis, Missouri. Hovannes spoke about the U.S. tort liability system and the $198 price tag of excess costs in the year 2004. | | 7/20/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan,
Sally Pipes,
Josh Treviño | Discussed legal reform with Texas State Representative Joe Nixon in PRI's San Francisco headquarters | | 7/20/06 | Reception | Lawrence McQuillan
Hovannes Abramyan | Attended a PRI-hosted reception for ALEC members at the W Hotel in San Francisco. Lawrence and Hovannes spoke with state legislators, members of other public policy think tanks, and representatives from a variety of policy organizations. | | 7/20/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan
Hovannes Abramyan | Attended a lunch with Steve Moore from the Wall Street Journal hosted by PRI. At the lunch, policy directors discussed their current projects and the impact that each department’s work has had in debate and legislation. | | 7/20/06 | Conference | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Presented the findings of the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s Civil Justice Task Force. The task force meeting was held during the organization’s 2006 Annual Meeting and was attended by state legislators and representatives from policy organizations | | 7/19/06 | Conference | Hovannes Abramyan | Spoke to state legislators and other members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at the PRI booth at the ALEC 2006 Annual Meeting, which was attended by 2,400 members. | | 7/12/06 | Capital Ideas | K. Lloyd Billingsley | California's Coastal BANANA Republic | | 7/19/06 | Capital Ideas | Kevin Dayton | California Taxpayers Again Paying Bill for Union Propaganda | | 7/19/06 | Clipping | K. Lloyd Billingsley | California Republic.org: California's Coastal BANANA Republic | | 7/17/06 | Clipping | Lawrence McQuillan
Hovannes Abramyan | Business Council of NY State: New report finds New York has one of nation's worst liability climates | | 7/17/06 | Clipping | Hovannes Abramyan | North Country Gazette: Study: NY's Civil Justice System Among Worst In Nation | | 7/14/06 | Briefing | Hovannes Abramyan | Submitted an article to the Competitive Enterprise Institute on the abuse of power of California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. The article was submitted in response to a request for information about abuses of power of state attorneys general. | | 7/13/06 | Op-Ed | Hovannes Abramyan | New York Sun: Muzzle the Bar? | | 7/13/06 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Guest on the "Mike Bastinelli Show," KIT AM, Yakima, Washington. Lawrence spoke about the Tort Liability Index and Washington’s 14th place ranking. | | 7/12/06 | Capital Ideas | K. Lloyd Billingsley | California's Coastal BANANA Republic | | 7/11/06 | Clipping | Hovannes Abramyan | New York Sun: Study: New York's Tort Liability System One of Worst | | 7/11/06 | Briefing | Lawrence J. McQuillan
Anthony Archie
Hovannes Abramyan | Submitted a series of published articles to the Industrial Welfare Commission and California Wage Board documenting the net negative impact of a minimum wage increase. The articles were submitted for consideration in an upcoming deliberation. | | 7/11/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan
Hovannes Abramyan | California State Senator Dave Cox’s monthly newsletter mentions the release of the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report. The newsletter focuses on California’s 35th place ranking in the Index and how important a healthy civil justice system is in attracting investment, drawing businesses, and creating jobs. | | 7/11/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Consulted Joseph Sternberg of the NY Sun editorial board on a proposed tort reform that would limit the ability of lawyers to advertise immediately following major catastrophes in New York. Hovannes referred to the poor performance of New York in two variables in the Tort Liability Index that track the relative power of plaintiff attorneys and overall litigiousness. | | 7/10/06 | Meeting | Anthony Archie | Interviewed by Patrick Hoge of the San Francisco Chronicle on the problem of eminent domain abuse and how Proposition 90 deals with the issue | | 7/10/06 | Radio | Anthony Archie | Guest on Capital Public Radio's Insight with Jeffrey Callison (KXJZ 89.9 Sacramento). Anthony was part of a debate on how to reform California's public employee pension systems. The debate included members from the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), as well as Dr. Steven Darcy, a University of Illinois professor, and Assemblymen Alberto Torrico (D-Cupertino) and Keith Richman (R-Chatsworth). | | 7/05/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Consulted Benjamin Weintraub of the NY Sun on New York’s ranking in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. |
| JUNE 2006 | | 6/30/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Bob Farr, candidate for Connecticut attorney general, on the state of Connecticut’s tort liability system. | | 6/30/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised North Dakota state legislator Kim Koppelman on the state of North Dakota’s tort liability system. | | 6/29/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony Archie | A Small Step toward Public Pension Reform | | 6/29/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised New Hampshire state legislator Ronald Nowe on contingency-fee limits currently being used in a number of states for civil-liability cases. | | 6/28/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Advised Georgia House of Representatives member and Vice-Chairman of the Georgia House Judiciary Committee, Edward Lindsay, on the state of Georgia’s tort liability system. | | 6/28/06 | Meeting | Lawrence McQuillan | Answered questions about the U.S. Tort Liability Index from Suzanne Lee, intern at U.S. Steel Corporation. | | 6/28/06 | Meeting | Anthony Archie | Participated in an invitation-only briefing call to discuss the highlights of CA Governor's final signed budget. On the call were senior members of the Administration. | | 06/27/06 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Orange County Register: Wine Still Not Free-Flowing | | 06/26/06 | Clipping | Lawrence McQuillan
Hovannes Abramyan | Business Wire: CCRRG Registers to Underwrite Insurance in Texas; Specialist for Long Term Care Facilities | | 6/24/06 | Conference | Lawrence McQuillan | Lawrence presented the findings of the U.S. Tort Liability Index at “Disorder in the Court Academy VIII,” sponsored by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Austin, Texas. | | 06/21/06 | Clipping | Lawrence McQuillan
Hovannes Abramyan | Winston-Salem Journal: N.C. ranks well on tort burden for businesses, report says | | 06/19/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Consulted Brian Louis from the Winston-Salem Journal about the U.S. Tort Liability Index and North Carolina’s ranking in the study. | | 06/19/06 | Clipping | Sally C. Pipes | Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Don't Make Mine a Million: Despite National Campaign to Grow, Some Women Business Owners Prefer to Keep It Small | | 06/08/06 | Radio | Lawrence McQuillan | WKXL-AM (Concord, NH)Financial Spectrum interview by Bill Kearney of WSJ: "Live Free or Move" article and U.S. Economic Freedom Index | | 06/08/06 | Radio | Lawrence McQuillan | “Morning Meeting” KZIM-AM in Missouri
Regarding the U.S. Tort Liability Index | | 06/08/06 | Op-Ed | Lawrence McQuillan | Miami Herald: Tort reform lags | | 06/07/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
H. Abramyan | Wilkes Barre Times Leader: Pennsylvania still badly in need of serious tort reform | | 06/06/06 | Radio | Hovannes Abramyan | Appeared on The BizRadio Morning Show with Brent Clanton to speak about the Tort Index and Texas’ number one ranking | | 06/06/06 | Radio | Lawrence McQuillan | “Business for Breakfast” with Ken, Julie, and Wayne - KFNN-AM in Phoenix, Arizona: U.S. Tort Liability Index | | 06/02/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
H. Abramyan | Dallas Business Journal: Jury dodgers could lose licenses | | 06/01/08 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
H. Abramyan | William Mitchell Law Review: 2006 U.S. Tort Liability Index was discussed in "The Character of the Minnesota Tort System" by Michael K. Steenson | | 06/00/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
H. Abramyan | Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Trial lawyers; judges bristle at biz groups' allegations |
| MAY 2006 | | 05/31/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Consulted Craig Smith of the Pittsburgh Tribune on Pennsylvania’s performance in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 05/30/06 | Radio | Hovannes Abramyan | Guest on “The Ron Thulin Show” based out of San Antonio, Texas. Hovannes spoke about the condition of Texas’ liability system and how the state compares to the rest of the country. | | 05/30/06 | Meeting | Hovannes Abramyan | Hovannes consulted Kathleen Antrim of the San Francisco Examiner on the costs of the U.S. tort system | | 05/30/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Washington D.C. Examiner: Commonwealth of Virginia vs. State of Maryland | | 05/29/06 | Op-Ed | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Houston Chronicle: Preventing a 'litigation lottery' | | 05/29/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Houston Chronicle: No extremes on tort reform | | 05/28/06 | Clipping | Sally C. Pipes | San Francisco Chronicle: Encouraging women to be entrepreneurs | | 05/28/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | San Antonio Express News: Another chance at judicial reform | | 05/28/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Corpus Christi Caller Times: 'Judicial hellhole' reputation of South Texas could be changing reform | | 05/26/06 | Radio | Hovannes Abramyan | KAGM-FM Albuquerque, NM: Wake Up New Mexico. Hovannes spoke about national and state tort reform efforts as well as New Mexico’s ranking in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 05/25/06 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Interview on Texas Policy Cast: Has tort reform helped Texas' economy? Hear Audio | | 05/24/06 | Meeting | Anthony P. Archie | Consulted Jason Riley of the Wall Street Journal on California's tax and spending policy. | | 05/24/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Midland Reporter-Telegram: Opinions and Editorials | | 05/24/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Wall Street Journal: Trial Lawyers on Trial | | 05/24/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Texans for Lawsuit Reform: Texas Ranks "Best in the Nation" in Tort Liability Index but Report Shows More Reforms are Needed | | 05/24/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | New York Post: The Lawyers Killing N.Y. | | 05/23/06 | TV | Anthony P. Archie | Tri-Valley (Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon) Community Television's Houston Report, hosted by Assemblyman Guy Houston. Anthony and the Assemblyman talked about the problem of eminent domain abuse | | 05/23/06 | Op-Ed | Anthony P. Archie | California Political Review Online: More Red Ink | | 05/22/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Bloomberg News: Trial Lawyers Are Down Now; Let's Hit Them Again | | 05/22/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Welcome dose of moderation | | 05/22/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | San Angelo Standard Times: Justice system better but more reforms needed (pdf) | | 05/21/06 | Radio | H. Abramyan | WBT AM/FM -Charlotte, NC: Spoke about North Carolina’s civil justice system and how the state ranked in the U.S. Tort Liability Index. | | 05/21/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Houston Chronicle: Going to extremes | | 05/21/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Allentown Morning Call (PA): The generosity of lobbyists helps kill tort reforms | | 05/20/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | San Antonio Express: Good riddance to 'law west of the Pecos' | | 05/19/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Houston Business Journal: Tort reform study makes moot point judging job growth | | 05/19/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
| Townhall.com: Free market states out-perform big government states | | 05/18/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Columbus Business First: Survey ranks Ohio tort system at No. 4 - critics say 'bogus' | | 05/17/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony P. Archie
| "California Spills More Red Ink" on Gov. Schwarzenegger budget revisions. | | 05/16/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Brownsville Herald: Study finds Texas best in tort reform | | 05/16/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan
| Wall Street Journal: 'Live Free or Move' | | 05/15/06 | Radio | Hovannes Abramyan
| Interviewed on “Upfront” with Vickie McKenna about the state of Wisconsin’s tort system. | | 05/15/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Texas Lawyer: New Report Ranks Texas Civil Justice System No. 1 | | 05/15/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Chron.com: Governor Hosts authors of National Tort Liability Index | | 05/14/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
| Allentown Morning Call (PA): One front group has amusing ideas about another | | 05/14/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Center for Freedom and Prosperity -Market Center Blog: Will Californians vote for higher taxes again? | | 05/12/06 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Investor's Business Daily: States Benefit By Keeping Lid On Tort Costs | | 05/12/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Houston Chronicle: PA Chamber: Study Reaffirms Pennsylvania's Reputation of Having One of the Nation's Worst Legal Systems | | 05/12/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | The Journal Record, Tulsa (OK): Report ranks Oklahoma tort system 38th in nation. | | 05/12/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Dallas Morning News had article on the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Yahoo News: New Study Creates Tool to Predict Future State Economies Based on Impact of Civil Justice Systems | | 05/11/06 | TV | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | KRON TV San Francisco: AJP Hails Pacific Research Institute's new 'U.S. Tort Liability Index' | | 05/11/06 | TV | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | KVVU-TV Las Vegas: New Study Creates Tool to Predict Future State Economies Based on Impact of Civil Justice Systems | | 05/11/06 | Blog | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | NAM ShopFloor Blog: New Report on State Legal Climates to be Released Today | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce: Wisconsin Ranks 30th in Legal Climate Study Ranking Dangerous Warning About Future Job Prospects | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Ohio Chamber of Commerce: New Study Ranks Ohio at Number Five in Quality of Civil Justice System | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Birmingham News: Texas is tops on tort liability index | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Colorado Civil Justice League: Colorado ranks #2 in protections from lawsuit abuse | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Florida Justice Reform Institute: Study gives low marks to Florida’s civil justice system (pdf) | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Pacific Business News: Texas is tops on tort liability index | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Public Affairs Newsline: PA Chamber: Study Reaffirms Pennsylvania's Reputation of Having One of the Nation's Worst Legal Systems | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Dallas Business Journal: Texas tops tort liability index | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | ReliablePlant: NAM urges legal reform amidst new state legal rankings | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | St. Petersburg Times: Tort litigation in Florida? It's a sin, institute says | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Houston Chronicle: Report ranks Texas as No. 1 in tort reform | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Texas Civil Justice League: Texas Ranks First in National Tort Liability Index (pdf) | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Texas Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse: Texas earns top marks for lawsuit reforms, but fails in stopping lawsuit abuse (pdf) | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Malaysia Sun: Businesses like Texas tort reform best | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Chron.com (Texas) : Texas No. 1 in National Tort Liability Study | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Monsters and Critics: Businesses like Texas tort reform best | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Denver Business Journal: State scores high in lawsuit restraint | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Market Day: Businesses like Texas tort reform best | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | UPI News: Businesses like Texas tort reform best | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Political Gateway: Businesses like Texas tort reform best | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | The Frontrunner: Today's Events In Washington | | 05/11/06 | Clipping | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | Austin Business Journal: Texas is tops on tort liability index | | 05/11/06 | Study | L. McQuillan,
H. Abramyan | The U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report | | 05/11/06 | Press Release | Anthony P. Archie | Pacific Research Institute Releases First Objective State-By-State Ranking of the Best and Worst Tort Systems in America | | 05/07/06 | Op-Ed | Anthony P. Archie | Orange County Register: Californians face growing tax burden |
| MARCH 2006 | | 03/30/06 | Meeting | Anthony Archie | Interviewed by Keith Matheny of The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) on pension reform. | | 03/28/06 | Meeting | Anthony Archie | Interviewed by Vlae Kershner of SF Chronicle on minimum wage. | | 03/27/06 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | The Philadelphia Daily News: Where Does The State Rank? | | 03/24/06 | Meeting | Lawrence J. McQuillan,
Anthony Archie | Lunch with Tracy Mihas, district director of state government affairs for Altria. | | 03/22/06 | Clipping | PRI | UC Berkeley News: For UC labor studies, marketplace of ideas lacks a safety net | | 03/22/06 | Dinner | Lawrence J. McQuillan,
Anthony Archie, Hovannes Abramyan | Attended the world premier of the PBS documentary on Milton Friedman's life and ideas, co-hosted by PRI. | | 03/22/06 | Clipping | PRI | The New York Sun: Friedman, 93, Set To Unleash Power of Choice | | 03/17/06 | Luncheon | Lawrence J. McQuillan,
Anthony Archie, Hovannes Abramyan | Attended a PRI luncheon featuring Ed Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation. | | 03/16/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony P. Archie | When the Government Picks Winners and Losers | | 03/16/06 | Meeting | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Advised a San Francisco company on retaining an attorney to fight CEQA abuse. | | 03/16/06 | Op-Ed | Sally C. Pipes | El IberoAmericano, Miami,FL: ¿Mujeres al Poder? | | 03/13/06 | Meeting | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Advised Fred L. Smith, president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, on using the U.S. Economic Freedom Index in an upcoming radio talk show and speech. | | 03/13/06 | Op-Ed | Sally C. Pipes | The One Republic: A Woman's World? Chile gets a new president | | 03/08/06 | Radio | Lawrence McQuillan | Panelist discussing California's business and policy climates on NPR's Capital Public Radio talk show "Insight." | | 03/07/06 | Conference | Lawrence McQuillan | Spoke to the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California, on "Economic Freedom in America: Review and Outlook." | | 03/01/06 | Capital Ideas | Kevin Dayton | Legislature should bid farewell to rigged bids, secrecy |
| JANUARY 2006 | | 01/31/06 | Interview | Anthony P. Archie | Interview with Rick Montgomery of the Kansas City Star on the State of the Union speech. | | 01/29/06 | Clipping | Lee Hoskins | San Francisco Chronicle: Greenspan legacy -- long expansions, short recessions | | 01/26/06 | Meeting | Anthony P. Archie | Attended PPIC state budget conference | | 01/18/06 | Meeting | Anthony P. Archie, Lawrence J. McQuillan | Interviewed by Dr. Marcus Zackrisson, Senior Analyst at the Office of Science and Technology in the Swedish Consulate in Los Angeles, on the economic and policy climate of California. | | 01/17/06 | Meeting | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Advised Rich Meade, director, BKSH/Burson, Washington, D.C., | | 01/13/06 | Op-Ed | Anthony P. Archie | CaliforniaRepublic.org: Pension Intervention II | | 01/12/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | New York Sun: Schwarzenegger's New Budget Has Many Conservatives Worried | | 01/12/06 | Op-Ed | Anthony P. Archie | Newsbull.com: Pension Intervention, Part II | | 01/11/06 | Capital Ideas | Anthony P. Archie | Pension Intervention, Part II | | 01/06/06 | Release | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Wall Street Journal’s Howard Dickman, editor of the Rule of Law column, asked PRI what was the #1 legal reform issue in California. Lawrence wrote a summary on the need for Americans with Disability Act access reform. | | 01/06/06 | Radio | Anthony P. Archie | Interviewed by Jack Katzanek of The Riverside Press Enterprise | | 01/06/06 | Radio | Anthony P. Archie | Interviewed by Jim Christie, Reuters | | 01/06/06 | Movie Clip | Anthony P. Archie | KGO News-San Francisco: Gov. Pushes Massive Rebuilding Plan | | 01/06/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | KABC News Channel 7-Los Angeles and KGO News Channel 7-San Francisco: Gov. Pushes Massive Rebuilding Plan | | 01/06/06 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Contra Costa Times: Hercules residents say they prefer boutiques to Wal-Mart | | 01/06/06 | Press Release | PRI | Pacific Research Institute Responds to Governor’s State of the State Address | | 01/05/06 | Media Availability | PRI | Policy Experts Available to Comment on State of the State Address | | 01/05/06 | Radio | Anthony P. Archie | Interviewed by Roger Vincent of the LA Times on the governor’s minimum wage proposal. | | 01/04/06 | Radio | Anthony P. Archie | Interviewed by KPSA radio’s Max Pringle on Assemblywoman Sally Lieber’s minimum wage bill. | | 01/03/06 | Radio | K.Lloyd Billingsley | KABC Radio in Los Angeles with host Dough McIntyre. The topic was stem cell research and Proposition 71. | | 01/02/06 | Clipping | Lee Hoskins | Scripps Howard News: Bernanke to become 14th Fed chair |
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