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2007 Media Archives
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| JULY 2007 | | 07/31/07 | Event | Sally C. Pipes | San Francisco: Milton Friedman Tribute Luncheon" with Lanny Ebenstein, author of "Milton Friedman: A Biography" | | 07/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Austin Business Journal: Battle for lawsuit reform rages | | 07/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Houston Business Journal: Tort reform, port loopholes and lost pants | | 07/27/07 | Event | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Spoke on Jackpot Justice at the Civil Justice Task Force meeting - American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Philadelphia, PA. | | 07/23/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Dallas Business Journal: Lawsuit-reform battle is far from over | | 07/18/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM blog: State Legal Climates: Where the Law is Reasonable | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Legal Newsline.com: Legal environment crucial to economic growth | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | iWon Money: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | My Way Finance: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Excite News: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | ArriveNet: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | News Blaze: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | PrimeNewswire: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Internet Telephony Magazine via TMCnet: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Yahoo! Finance: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Northwest Florida Daily News: Lawsuit-crazy culture costs U.S. billions | | 07/13/07 | Op-Ed | Matthew Piccolo | S.F. Business Times: Mountain of debt looms over San Francisco (pdf) | | 07/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Maine Today: Business climate's been down so long, it looks like up from here | | 07/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Mississippi Business Journal Online (Jackson, MS): Magazine ranks state's liability climate | | 07/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Forbes.com: In Pictures: The Best Regulatory Environments | | 07/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Forbes.com: The Best States For Business
| | 07/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | All American Patriot.scom: Mississippi Moving Up In Litigation Climate Rankings According To Directorship Magazine | | 07/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | HattiesburgAmerican (MS) :State’s business climate moves up magazine’s list | | 07/10/07 | Op-Ed | Matthew Piccolo | SanFrancisco Chronicle: High-speed rail
| | 07/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CNN Money.com: In defense of lawyers (no joke) | | 07/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | New York Post: NY's Missing Doctors | | 07/07/07 | Presentation | L. McQuillan | “The True Cost of Lawsuit Abuse and How to Fix It” at FreedomFest, Bally's/Paris Resort, Las Vegas | | 07/06/07 | Op-Ed | Matthew Piccolo | San Jose Mercury News:Fares would rise if airlines docked
| | 07/06/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Sacramento Union: Shut Down the Shake-Down | | 07/06/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Odessa American (Odessa, TX):Feeling plaintive about plaintiffs | | 07/05/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Fox News: 10 Ways to Protect Yourself From Frivolous Lawsuits | | 07/03/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Lima News (Lima, OH): Silly plaintiffs | | 07/03/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Gazette.com (Colorado Springs, CO): Plaintive about plaintiffs | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX): Sue-happy U.S. costs business | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL): Lawyers split over civil suit limits | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM blog: Tastes Great, Less Fillings | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | TimesDaily.com (Florence, AL): Lawsuit reforms working | | 07/01/07 | Op-Ed | Joe Nixon | The Tennessean.com: Tennessee Voices: Tennessee, learn from Texas on malpractice | | 07/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Gadsden Times (AL): Advocates, lawyers debate legal climate | | 07/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL): Lawyers split over civil suit limits | | JUNE 2007 | | | | | | 06/30/07 | Presentation | L. McQuillan | 4th Annual Innovative Techniques in Spine Surgery Conference: “The True Cost of Lawsuit Abuse and How to Fix It” | | 06/30/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Portales News-Tribune Opinion (NM): Frivolous lawsuits cost everyone | | 06/30/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Clovis News Journal (Clovis, NM): $54 million pants lawsuit abuses judicial system" | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Star (Cleveland Co., NC): Absurd suits costing the U.S. billions | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Orange County Register (CA): Plaintive about plaintiffs | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Southeast Texas Record (TX): Lawsuit abuse hampers businesses, state economy | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Times West Virginian: W.Va. dead last again in legal ranking | | 06/28/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Charleston Daily Mail (WV): W.Va. dead last again in legal ranking | | 06/28/07 | Clipping | Matthew Piccolo | Capitol Weekly (CA): Kill taxes, keep jobs | | 06/28/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Metrocom Herald (San Antonio, TX): It's More Than a Pants Suit | | 06/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Herald-Northeast (San Antonio, TX): It's More Than a Pants Suit | | 06/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Virginia Tech Collegiate Times: Dry cleaning case presents frivolous lawsuit
| | 06/27/07 | Publication | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Directorship Magazine: AJP Annual Guide to State Legal Climates | | 06/25/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan | Montgomery Advertiser (AL): Study's critic distorted issue | | 06/25/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | San Antonio Express: Lawsuit abuse hampers businesses, state economy | | 06/20/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tyler Morning Telegraph : $65 Million Pants Example Of Litigation Nightmares
| | 06/20/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | San Francisco. Examiner: Throw out frivolous lawsuit
| | 06/20/07 | Radio | L. McQuillan | KGO Newstalk AM 810 (SF): The Ronn Owens Show,Jackpot Justice and tort reform | | 06/19/07 | Radio | H. Abramyan | Hirschfield and Kula, KXL, Portland, Oregon: $54 million pants lawsuitand"Jackpot Justice" | | 06/17/07 | Op-Ed | L.McQuillan | Huntsville Times (AL): Misstating the Truth | | 06/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL): Tort tax costs hundreds of billions a year | | 06/16/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser (AL): Inflated figure undercuts premise | | 06/15/07 | Clipping | Josh Treviño | Flash Report: Republicans' Responsibility to the World (Part II)
| | 06/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Sweetwater Report (TX): It's More Than A Pants Suit | | 06/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Business 2.0: Don't Kill All the Lawyers | | 06/14/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | ImpetuousYoung Whippersnapper: Tort Reform Deceptions and Misdirections" and PRI's Response | | 06/14/07 | Op-Ed | Joe Nixon | The Examiner: Tennessee-to-Texas medical migration holds many lessons for lawsuit-happy states
| | 06/14/07 | Clipping | Josh Treviño | Flash Report: Republicans' Responsibility to the World (Part I)
| | 06/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Economist: $54m | | 06/12/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Battle Creek Enquirer (MI): Jackpot justice costly to all of us | | 06/12/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Huntsville Times (AL): Misleading Claim | | 06/11/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | "Response to Ted Frank on 'Jackpot Justice" | | 06/11/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | McQuillan Responds to Point of Law | | 06/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL):Malpractice lawsuit abuse raises health-care costs
| | 06/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CNBC News:"On the Money's"Tyler Matheson on product warning labels and Jackpot Justice study | | 06/10/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Press Enterprise: Don't saddle firms with costly, inflexible benefits | | 06/08/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Sacramento Union: KFC Decision Good for Lawyers, Bad for Us | | 06/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Prince George's Post (MD): It's More Than a Pants Suit | | 06/06/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Magic City Morning Star(ME): It's More Than a Pants Suit
| | 06/05/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Economist's View: The Cost of the Tort System | | 06/05/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The U.S. Tort Liability Index and its authors were cited extensively in the U.S. Index of Health Ownership by PRI's John R. Graham. | | 06/05/07 | Op-Ed | Clark Judge | Financial Times:Regulation is blocking enterprise in Silicon Valley |
| MAY 2007 | | 05/26/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM Blog: Tort Reform: Lost Opportunity in Oklahoma | | 05/24/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM Blog: Rolling with the Voices of Reason | | 05/23/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan | Washington, D.C.:discussed "Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America's Tort System" at policy meeting of Americans for Tax Reform; and he met with Mark Tapscott, Editorial Page Editor of the Washington Examiner. | | 05/21/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan | In Washington, D.C.: discussed"Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America's Tort System" with Kevin M. Warsh, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Bud Albright, Republican Staff Director, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives; Lisa A. Budzynski, Director of the Lawyers' Chapters, Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies; and Theodore H. Frank, Resident Fellow and Director of the AEI Liability Project, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. | | 05/21/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Los Angeles Business Times: Prevailing Wage Requirement Hinders Affordable Housing | | 05/18/07 | Radio | L. McQuillan
| Interviewed by Mike Hambrick for America's Business with Mike Hambrick, a radio talk show in 70 markets nationally. | | 05/17/07 | Radio | L. McQuillan
| KCEO-AM 100, San Diego: Interviewed by Mike Green and Jim Benham for the Politics & Money show | | 05/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser: Insurance Industry Pushing Bogus Line | | 05/15/07 | Speech | L. McQuillan
| Spoke about PRI's report Jackpot Justice to the May Operating Committee Meeting of the Civil Justice Reform Group (CJRG) in Charleston, West Virginia. The CJRG consists of CEOs and general counsels of Fortune 100 companies. | | 05/14/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan
| Montgomery Advertiser (AL): Director of Study Defends Work | | 05/14/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
| Birmingham News (AL): Civil Justice Costs Condemned | | 05/04/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Detroit News: Opinion: Medical liability still causes problems for Michigan and America | | 05/03/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser: 'Tort tax' harms business | | 05/02/07 | TV | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CSPAN 3: Steve Hantler presents findings of Jackpot Justice | | 05/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser: 'Tort tax' argument groundless | | 05/02/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Point of Law blog: PRI Responds to Posner |
| APRIL 2007 | | 04/30/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | LegalNewsline.com: Pair of Ohio tort reform hearings tomorrow | | 04/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Wall Street Journal: The Numbers Guy: How Much Are Frivolous Lawsuits Really Costing You? | | 04/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman: Gov. Henry Should Seize Opportunity | | 04/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Blog: Engler to Gov. Henry: Carpe Tort Reform | | 04/27/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Wall Street Journal Online Blog: The Numbers Guy: Response to the post titled "How Much Are Frivolous Lawsuits Really Costing You?" | | 04/26/07 | TV | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CSPAN 3: The Houston Forum: Steve Hantler talking about PRI's Tort Study on CSPAN | | 04/26/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Blog: Suit and Lawsuit: A Judge's Pants | | 04/26/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Public Citizen: Pacific Research Institute Trots Out Junk Economics and Myth | | 04/26/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Providence Journal: Ambulance Chasers Bad For Our Health | | 04/25/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Socialized Medicine Blog: Today's Tort System Has Life-Threatening Consequences | | 04/23/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Response to Judge Richard Posner on Jackpot Justice | | 04/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | WWJ-DET (CBS): John Truscott presented the findings of Jackpot Justice on the "Final Viewpoints" segment of the TV show. | | 04/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The (Madison and St. Clair County, Illinois) Record: PRI Study based on fact | | 04/14/07 | Interview | Hovannes Abramyan | Law Week Colorado: Hovannes was interviewed by Jennifer Clifford about the findings of PRI's Jackpot Justice. | | 04/14/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | PRI's Lawrence J. Your Turn - Meeting Nonsense with Common Sense (Northwest Florida, WEBY-AM 1330): Jackpot Justice findings and health care | | 04/14/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Boca Raton (Florida) News: The Justice Lottery | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Colorado Springs Business Journal: Jacking up the cost of torts | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | San Mateo County Times: Report: Rich pay lower taxes | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Daily Review Online: Report: Rich pay lower taxes | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Contra Costa Times: State taxes poorest unfairly, study says | | 04/13/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | The Stan Milan Show (Rock County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Madison, WCLO-AM 1230): discussed the main findings from Jackpot Justice. | | 04/12/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | ISA.org: Study: Lawyers reaming U.S. manufacturers | | 04/10/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Washington DC Examiner: Today’s tort system has life-threatening consequences | | 04/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Acton Institute PowerBlog: Well, Allow Me to Re-tort | | 04/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | No Left Turns - The Ashbrook Center Blog: Legal tort-ure | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | LegalNewsline: Pair of Ohio tort reform cases set for argument on same day | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Omaha World Herald: Litigation Lottery Kills Shareholder Value | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NewsMax: NewsMax: Research Backs the Dangers of Lawsuit Tax | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | LegalNewsline: Pair of Ohio tort reform cases set for argument on same day | | 04/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Birmingham News: Study Favors Corporations Over Consumers | | 04/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News: Study puts cost of tort tax at $865 billion | | 04/07/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Lowman Henry Show (Carlisle and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, WHYL-AM 960): PRI's Lawrence J. McQuillan was interviewed by Ryan Shafik for the Lowman Henry Show, a radio talk show in Carlisle and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, | | 04/06/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Interviewed by Mark Carbonaro, KOIN talk radio, Monterey, California on "Jackpot Justice." | | 04/05/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Interviewed by Jim Blasingame for the Small Business Advocate nationally syndicated radio talk show on "Jackpot Justice." | | 04/05/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan | Flash Report: Voters deserve a do-over on Proposition 63's 'millionaires tax' | | 04/05/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan | Capital Weekly: Voters deserve a do-over on Proposition 63's 'millionaires tax' | | 04/04/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Chemical Week: Study Tallies Tort Litigation’s Effect on Innovation | | 04/03/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Seantobia Democrat (MS): Each family pays nearly $1,000 | | 04/03/07 | TV | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | FOX News: Special Report with Brit Hume - Jackpot Justice | | 04/02/07 | Interview | H. Abramyan | Smarts Insurance Bulletin: Spoke about the impact of the costly American tort system on the insurance industry and consumers. | | 04/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Becker-Posner Blog: Is the Tort System Costing the United States $865 Billion a Year? | | 04/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Oaklahoman: Thick Skins: the Tort Sytem is Tanning Our Hides | | 04/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Birmingham News: Personal injury cases cost U.S. $865 billion |
| FEBRUARY 2007 | | 02/27/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Advised Nora Truscello of the Politically Active Physicians Association on the costs of the U.S. tort liability system on health care and health-care access. | | 02/23/07 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Orange County Register: California Focus: Tax man grabs jocks, and more | | 02/18/07 | Op-Ed | Hovannes Abramyan | Press Enterprise: Struggle for Shelter | | 02/16/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Provided Edward Murnane, president of the Illinois Civil Justice League, a detailed analysis of the state's performance in the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report.
| | 02/15/07 | Tax Facts | Lawrence J. McQuillan | "California Tax Facts" website page
| | 02/15/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Provided Brad Jones, Vice President of the Colorado Civil Justice League, a detailed analysis of Colorado's performance in the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report | 02/14/07 02/13/07 | Presentation | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Atlanta (GA): Spoke at the American Justice Partnership Meeting on PRI's forthcoming Jackpot Justice study. In addition, Lawrence participated in three video, podcast, and radio interviews on Jackpot Justice to be aired nationally after the study is released | | 02/01/07 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Heartland Institute: Pension Practices Angering Taxpayers |
| JANUARY 2007 | 1/30/07 | Radio | K. Lloyd Billingsley | KION AM radio (Monterey, CA) to discuss "Confiscafornia," Capital Ideas article. | 1/25/07 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | California Republic.org: Confiscafornia | 1/25/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | KION AM radio (Monterey, CA) hosted by Mark Carboneroto discuss exodus of Californians out of the state due to an unfriendly business climate | 1/19/07 | Op-ed | Anthony P. Archie | Los Angeles Business Journal: Who'll Stop the Outflow | 1/19/07 | Radio | Josh Treviño | KGO AM: Ron Owens Show - Top Ten Policy Blunders of 2006 | 1/18/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | WERC-AM, Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Mornings hosted by J.T. and Nate, Lawrence discussed ending taxpayer-funded pensions for U.S. congressmen convicted of serious crimes while in office. | 1/17/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | KMED-AM, Medford, Oregon: The Bill Meyer Show, Lawrence discussed ending taxpayer-funded pensions for U.S. congressmen convicted of serious crimes while in office. | 1/17/07 | Capital Ideas | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Confiscafornia | 1/16/07 | Clipping | Matt Tennis | Heartland Institute - Budget and Tax News: Mention of "Union Front-Group, CURE, Earns California Golden Fleece Award." | | 01/12/07 | Op-Ed | Josh Treviño | Sacramento Union: California Says Good Riddance to Bad Year | | 01/08/07 | Radio | K. Lloyd Billingsley | KION - Salinas, CA: Interview on "Canadafornia Here We Come?" | | 01/04/07 | Consultation | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | With Ed Klett, Pittsburgh lawyer and former chair of the Civil Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, regarding the ranking of Pennsylvania in the Procedural Rules and Reforms subgroup of the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report. Mr. Klett was asked to contact PRI by the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, Ralph J. Cappy. | | 01/03/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Information Week: Science And Technology Will Make New York More Competitive, New Governor Says | | 01/03/07 | Consultation | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Nicole A. Riley, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs in the office of Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell, contacted PRI’s Lawrence J. McQuillan regarding possible speakers for upcoming Regulatory Reform Task Force meetings. Last year, McDonnell announced the creation of a task force to investigate ways in which Virginia could reduce regulation, citing the state’s ranking in the regulatory category of PRI’s U.S. Economic Freedom Index as evidence for why the state’s regulatory burdens are too high. | | 01/02/07 | Press Release | PRI | PRI Unveils California’s Top 10 Policy Blunders of 2006 |
| JULY 2007 | | 07/31/07 | Event | Sally C. Pipes | San Francisco: Milton Friedman Tribute Luncheon" with Lanny Ebenstein, author of "Milton Friedman: A Biography" | | 07/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Austin Business Journal: Battle for lawsuit reform rages | | 07/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Houston Business Journal: Tort reform, port loopholes and lost pants | | 07/27/07 | Event | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Spoke on Jackpot Justice at the Civil Justice Task Force meeting - American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Philadelphia, PA. | | 07/23/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Dallas Business Journal: Lawsuit-reform battle is far from over | | 07/18/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM blog: State Legal Climates: Where the Law is Reasonable | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Legal Newsline.com: Legal environment crucial to economic growth | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | iWon Money: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | My Way Finance: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Excite News: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | ArriveNet: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | News Blaze: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | PrimeNewswire: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Internet Telephony Magazine via TMCnet: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Yahoo! Finance: Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million 'Pants Suit' | | 07/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Northwest Florida Daily News: Lawsuit-crazy culture costs U.S. billions | | 07/13/07 | Op-Ed | Matthew Piccolo | S.F. Business Times: Mountain of debt looms over San Francisco (pdf) | | 07/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Maine Today: Business climate's been down so long, it looks like up from here | | 07/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Mississippi Business Journal Online (Jackson, MS): Magazine ranks state's liability climate | | 07/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Forbes.com: In Pictures: The Best Regulatory Environments | | 07/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Forbes.com: The Best States For Business
| | 07/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | All American Patriot.scom: Mississippi Moving Up In Litigation Climate Rankings According To Directorship Magazine | | 07/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | HattiesburgAmerican (MS) :State’s business climate moves up magazine’s list | | 07/10/07 | Op-Ed | Matthew Piccolo | SanFrancisco Chronicle: High-speed rail
| | 07/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CNN Money.com: In defense of lawyers (no joke) | | 07/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | New York Post: NY's Missing Doctors | | 07/07/07 | Presentation | L. McQuillan | “The True Cost of Lawsuit Abuse and How to Fix It” at FreedomFest, Bally's/Paris Resort, Las Vegas | | 07/06/07 | Op-Ed | Matthew Piccolo | San Jose Mercury News:Fares would rise if airlines docked
| | 07/06/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Sacramento Union: Shut Down the Shake-Down | | 07/06/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Odessa American (Odessa, TX):Feeling plaintive about plaintiffs | | 07/05/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Fox News: 10 Ways to Protect Yourself From Frivolous Lawsuits | | 07/03/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Lima News (Lima, OH): Silly plaintiffs | | 07/03/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Gazette.com (Colorado Springs, CO): Plaintive about plaintiffs | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX): Sue-happy U.S. costs business | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL): Lawyers split over civil suit limits | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM blog: Tastes Great, Less Fillings | | 07/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | TimesDaily.com (Florence, AL): Lawsuit reforms working | | 07/01/07 | Op-Ed | Joe Nixon | The Tennessean.com: Tennessee Voices: Tennessee, learn from Texas on malpractice | | 07/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Gadsden Times (AL): Advocates, lawyers debate legal climate | | 07/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL): Lawyers split over civil suit limits | | JUNE 2007 | | | | | | 06/30/07 | Presentation | L. McQuillan | 4th Annual Innovative Techniques in Spine Surgery Conference: “The True Cost of Lawsuit Abuse and How to Fix It” | | 06/30/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Portales News-Tribune Opinion (NM): Frivolous lawsuits cost everyone | | 06/30/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Clovis News Journal (Clovis, NM): $54 million pants lawsuit abuses judicial system" | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Star (Cleveland Co., NC): Absurd suits costing the U.S. billions | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Orange County Register (CA): Plaintive about plaintiffs | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Southeast Texas Record (TX): Lawsuit abuse hampers businesses, state economy | | 06/29/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Times West Virginian: W.Va. dead last again in legal ranking | | 06/28/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Charleston Daily Mail (WV): W.Va. dead last again in legal ranking | | 06/28/07 | Clipping | Matthew Piccolo | Capitol Weekly (CA): Kill taxes, keep jobs | | 06/28/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Metrocom Herald (San Antonio, TX): It's More Than a Pants Suit | | 06/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Herald-Northeast (San Antonio, TX): It's More Than a Pants Suit | | 06/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Virginia Tech Collegiate Times: Dry cleaning case presents frivolous lawsuit
| | 06/27/07 | Publication | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Directorship Magazine: AJP Annual Guide to State Legal Climates | | 06/25/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan | Montgomery Advertiser (AL): Study's critic distorted issue | | 06/25/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | San Antonio Express: Lawsuit abuse hampers businesses, state economy | | 06/20/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tyler Morning Telegraph : $65 Million Pants Example Of Litigation Nightmares
| | 06/20/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | San Francisco. Examiner: Throw out frivolous lawsuit
| | 06/20/07 | Radio | L. McQuillan | KGO Newstalk AM 810 (SF): The Ronn Owens Show,Jackpot Justice and tort reform | | 06/19/07 | Radio | H. Abramyan | Hirschfield and Kula, KXL, Portland, Oregon: $54 million pants lawsuitand"Jackpot Justice" | | 06/17/07 | Op-Ed | L.McQuillan | Huntsville Times (AL): Misstating the Truth | | 06/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL): Tort tax costs hundreds of billions a year | | 06/16/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser (AL): Inflated figure undercuts premise | | 06/15/07 | Clipping | Josh Treviño | Flash Report: Republicans' Responsibility to the World (Part II)
| | 06/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Sweetwater Report (TX): It's More Than A Pants Suit | | 06/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Business 2.0: Don't Kill All the Lawyers | | 06/14/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | ImpetuousYoung Whippersnapper: Tort Reform Deceptions and Misdirections" and PRI's Response | | 06/14/07 | Op-Ed | Joe Nixon | The Examiner: Tennessee-to-Texas medical migration holds many lessons for lawsuit-happy states
| | 06/14/07 | Clipping | Josh Treviño | Flash Report: Republicans' Responsibility to the World (Part I)
| | 06/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Economist: $54m | | 06/12/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Battle Creek Enquirer (MI): Jackpot justice costly to all of us | | 06/12/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Huntsville Times (AL): Misleading Claim | | 06/11/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | "Response to Ted Frank on 'Jackpot Justice" | | 06/11/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | McQuillan Responds to Point of Law | | 06/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa News (AL):Malpractice lawsuit abuse raises health-care costs
| | 06/11/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CNBC News:"On the Money's"Tyler Matheson on product warning labels and Jackpot Justice study | | 06/10/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Press Enterprise: Don't saddle firms with costly, inflexible benefits | | 06/08/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Sacramento Union: KFC Decision Good for Lawyers, Bad for Us | | 06/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Prince George's Post (MD): It's More Than a Pants Suit | | 06/06/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Magic City Morning Star(ME): It's More Than a Pants Suit
| | 06/05/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Economist's View: The Cost of the Tort System | | 06/05/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The U.S. Tort Liability Index and its authors were cited extensively in the U.S. Index of Health Ownership by PRI's John R. Graham. | | 06/05/07 | Op-Ed | Clark Judge | Financial Times:Regulation is blocking enterprise in Silicon Valley |
| MAY 2007 | | 05/26/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM Blog: Tort Reform: Lost Opportunity in Oklahoma | | 05/24/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NAM Blog: Rolling with the Voices of Reason | | 05/23/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan | Washington, D.C.:discussed "Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America's Tort System" at policy meeting of Americans for Tax Reform; and he met with Mark Tapscott, Editorial Page Editor of the Washington Examiner. | | 05/21/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan | In Washington, D.C.: discussed"Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America's Tort System" with Kevin M. Warsh, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Bud Albright, Republican Staff Director, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives; Lisa A. Budzynski, Director of the Lawyers' Chapters, Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies; and Theodore H. Frank, Resident Fellow and Director of the AEI Liability Project, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. | | 05/21/07 | Op-Ed | H. Abramyan | Los Angeles Business Times: Prevailing Wage Requirement Hinders Affordable Housing | | 05/18/07 | Radio | L. McQuillan
| Interviewed by Mike Hambrick for America's Business with Mike Hambrick, a radio talk show in 70 markets nationally. | | 05/17/07 | Radio | L. McQuillan
| KCEO-AM 100, San Diego: Interviewed by Mike Green and Jim Benham for the Politics & Money show | | 05/17/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser: Insurance Industry Pushing Bogus Line | | 05/15/07 | Speech | L. McQuillan
| Spoke about PRI's report Jackpot Justice to the May Operating Committee Meeting of the Civil Justice Reform Group (CJRG) in Charleston, West Virginia. The CJRG consists of CEOs and general counsels of Fortune 100 companies. | | 05/14/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan
| Montgomery Advertiser (AL): Director of Study Defends Work | | 05/14/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan
| Birmingham News (AL): Civil Justice Costs Condemned | | 05/04/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Detroit News: Opinion: Medical liability still causes problems for Michigan and America | | 05/03/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser: 'Tort tax' harms business | | 05/02/07 | TV | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CSPAN 3: Steve Hantler presents findings of Jackpot Justice | | 05/02/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Montgomery Advertiser: 'Tort tax' argument groundless | | 05/02/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Point of Law blog: PRI Responds to Posner |
| APRIL 2007 | | 04/30/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | LegalNewsline.com: Pair of Ohio tort reform hearings tomorrow | | 04/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Wall Street Journal: The Numbers Guy: How Much Are Frivolous Lawsuits Really Costing You? | | 04/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman: Gov. Henry Should Seize Opportunity | | 04/27/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Blog: Engler to Gov. Henry: Carpe Tort Reform | | 04/27/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Wall Street Journal Online Blog: The Numbers Guy: Response to the post titled "How Much Are Frivolous Lawsuits Really Costing You?" | | 04/26/07 | TV | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | CSPAN 3: The Houston Forum: Steve Hantler talking about PRI's Tort Study on CSPAN | | 04/26/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Blog: Suit and Lawsuit: A Judge's Pants | | 04/26/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Public Citizen: Pacific Research Institute Trots Out Junk Economics and Myth | | 04/26/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Providence Journal: Ambulance Chasers Bad For Our Health | | 04/25/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Socialized Medicine Blog: Today's Tort System Has Life-Threatening Consequences | | 04/23/07 | Blog | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Response to Judge Richard Posner on Jackpot Justice | | 04/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | WWJ-DET (CBS): John Truscott presented the findings of Jackpot Justice on the "Final Viewpoints" segment of the TV show. | | 04/15/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The (Madison and St. Clair County, Illinois) Record: PRI Study based on fact | | 04/14/07 | Interview | Hovannes Abramyan | Law Week Colorado: Hovannes was interviewed by Jennifer Clifford about the findings of PRI's Jackpot Justice. | | 04/14/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | PRI's Lawrence J. Your Turn - Meeting Nonsense with Common Sense (Northwest Florida, WEBY-AM 1330): Jackpot Justice findings and health care | | 04/14/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Boca Raton (Florida) News: The Justice Lottery | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Colorado Springs Business Journal: Jacking up the cost of torts | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | San Mateo County Times: Report: Rich pay lower taxes | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Daily Review Online: Report: Rich pay lower taxes | | 04/13/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Contra Costa Times: State taxes poorest unfairly, study says | | 04/13/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | The Stan Milan Show (Rock County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Madison, WCLO-AM 1230): discussed the main findings from Jackpot Justice. | | 04/12/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | ISA.org: Study: Lawyers reaming U.S. manufacturers | | 04/10/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Washington DC Examiner: Today’s tort system has life-threatening consequences | | 04/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Acton Institute PowerBlog: Well, Allow Me to Re-tort | | 04/10/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | No Left Turns - The Ashbrook Center Blog: Legal tort-ure | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | LegalNewsline: Pair of Ohio tort reform cases set for argument on same day | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Omaha World Herald: Litigation Lottery Kills Shareholder Value | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | NewsMax: NewsMax: Research Backs the Dangers of Lawsuit Tax | | 04/09/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | LegalNewsline: Pair of Ohio tort reform cases set for argument on same day | | 04/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Birmingham News: Study Favors Corporations Over Consumers | | 04/08/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News: Study puts cost of tort tax at $865 billion | | 04/07/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Lowman Henry Show (Carlisle and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, WHYL-AM 960): PRI's Lawrence J. McQuillan was interviewed by Ryan Shafik for the Lowman Henry Show, a radio talk show in Carlisle and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, | | 04/06/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Interviewed by Mark Carbonaro, KOIN talk radio, Monterey, California on "Jackpot Justice." | | 04/05/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Interviewed by Jim Blasingame for the Small Business Advocate nationally syndicated radio talk show on "Jackpot Justice." | | 04/05/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan | Flash Report: Voters deserve a do-over on Proposition 63's 'millionaires tax' | | 04/05/07 | Op-Ed | L. McQuillan | Capital Weekly: Voters deserve a do-over on Proposition 63's 'millionaires tax' | | 04/04/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Chemical Week: Study Tallies Tort Litigation’s Effect on Innovation | | 04/03/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Seantobia Democrat (MS): Each family pays nearly $1,000 | | 04/03/07 | TV | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | FOX News: Special Report with Brit Hume - Jackpot Justice | | 04/02/07 | Interview | H. Abramyan | Smarts Insurance Bulletin: Spoke about the impact of the costly American tort system on the insurance industry and consumers. | | 04/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Becker-Posner Blog: Is the Tort System Costing the United States $865 Billion a Year? | | 04/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Oaklahoman: Thick Skins: the Tort Sytem is Tanning Our Hides | | 04/01/07 | Clipping | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | The Birmingham News: Personal injury cases cost U.S. $865 billion |
| FEBRUARY 2007 | | 02/27/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Advised Nora Truscello of the Politically Active Physicians Association on the costs of the U.S. tort liability system on health care and health-care access. | | 02/23/07 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Orange County Register: California Focus: Tax man grabs jocks, and more | | 02/18/07 | Op-Ed | Hovannes Abramyan | Press Enterprise: Struggle for Shelter | | 02/16/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Provided Edward Murnane, president of the Illinois Civil Justice League, a detailed analysis of the state's performance in the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report.
| | 02/15/07 | Tax Facts | Lawrence J. McQuillan | "California Tax Facts" website page
| | 02/15/07 | Meeting | L. McQuillan H. Abramyan | Provided Brad Jones, Vice President of the Colorado Civil Justice League, a detailed analysis of Colorado's performance in the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report | 02/14/07 02/13/07 | Presentation | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Atlanta (GA): Spoke at the American Justice Partnership Meeting on PRI's forthcoming Jackpot Justice study. In addition, Lawrence participated in three video, podcast, and radio interviews on Jackpot Justice to be aired nationally after the study is released | | 02/01/07 | Clipping | Anthony P. Archie | Heartland Institute: Pension Practices Angering Taxpayers |
| JANUARY 2007 | 1/30/07 | Radio | K. Lloyd Billingsley | KION AM radio (Monterey, CA) to discuss "Confiscafornia," Capital Ideas article. | 1/25/07 | Op-Ed | K. Lloyd Billingsley | California Republic.org: Confiscafornia | 1/25/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | KION AM radio (Monterey, CA) hosted by Mark Carboneroto discuss exodus of Californians out of the state due to an unfriendly business climate | 1/19/07 | Op-ed | Anthony P. Archie | Los Angeles Business Journal: Who'll Stop the Outflow | 1/19/07 | Radio | Josh Treviño | KGO AM: Ron Owens Show - Top Ten Policy Blunders of 2006 | 1/18/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | WERC-AM, Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Mornings hosted by J.T. and Nate, Lawrence discussed ending taxpayer-funded pensions for U.S. congressmen convicted of serious crimes while in office. | 1/17/07 | Radio | Lawrence J. McQuillan | KMED-AM, Medford, Oregon: The Bill Meyer Show, Lawrence discussed ending taxpayer-funded pensions for U.S. congressmen convicted of serious crimes while in office. | 1/17/07 | Capital Ideas | K. Lloyd Billingsley | Confiscafornia | 1/16/07 | Clipping | Matt Tennis | Heartland Institute - Budget and Tax News: Mention of "Union Front-Group, CURE, Earns California Golden Fleece Award." | | 01/12/07 | Op-Ed | Josh Treviño | Sacramento Union: California Says Good Riddance to Bad Year | | 01/08/07 | Radio | K. Lloyd Billingsley | KION - Salinas, CA: Interview on "Canadafornia Here We Come?" | | 01/04/07 | Consultation | L. McQuillan, H. Abramyan | With Ed Klett, Pittsburgh lawyer and former chair of the Civil Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, regarding the ranking of Pennsylvania in the Procedural Rules and Reforms subgroup of the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report. Mr. Klett was asked to contact PRI by the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, Ralph J. Cappy. | | 01/03/07 | Clipping | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Information Week: Science And Technology Will Make New York More Competitive, New Governor Says | | 01/03/07 | Consultation | Lawrence J. McQuillan | Nicole A. Riley, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs in the office of Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell, contacted PRI’s Lawrence J. McQuillan regarding possible speakers for upcoming Regulatory Reform Task Force meetings. Last year, McDonnell announced the creation of a task force to investigate ways in which Virginia could reduce regulation, citing the state’s ranking in the regulatory category of PRI’s U.S. Economic Freedom Index as evidence for why the state’s regulatory burdens are too high. | | 01/02/07 | Press Release | PRI | PRI Unveils California’s Top 10 Policy Blunders of 2006 |
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