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Report shows lawsuit reforms boost local economy
Submitted by Marilyn Tennissen on 4.28.2008
More than a billion dollars have been added to the local economy and more than 8,000 jobs have been created in Southeast Texas thanks to lawsuit reforms, a national economist reported Monday.
Still more work to do
Submitted by Carlos Muhletaler on 4.28.2008
Less than two weeks remain in the 2008 Florida legislative session and it appears that common-sense legal reform will not be addressed. Unfortunately, Florida’s budget crisis has commanded the attention of our legislators, and important legal reforms like “expert witnesses” and “emergency health-care providers” will probably not be heard this session.
Businesses fear N.J. courts
Submitted by Hugh R. Morley on 4.24.2008
A national business group has given its verdict on New Jersey's legal climate, and it's not good.
The case for the flat tax
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 4.24.2008
In the April 17 editorial "Taxes done and mailed; let's consider reforms," The Bee says: "An ideal tax system would be flat overall, with progressive income taxes offsetting regressive property, sales and excise taxes...."
Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
Submitted on 4.23.2008
For the third consecutive year, the Mountain State is ranked 50th in the 2008 State Liability Systems Ranking Study, which was released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform.
W.Va. ranked 50th in legal climate
Submitted by Mannix Porterfield on 4.23.2008
Once again, the debate over West Virginia’s rankings in the legal climate is raging, inspired by a fresh study performed for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce putting the state dead last.
Prebuttals, Insults and Intellectual Honesty
Submitted by Carter Wood on 4.22.2008
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform on Wednesday is releasing its 2008 Lawsuit Climate report, an annual exercise in which the ILR surveys in-house counsels on their perceptions of how reasonable and balanced each state's tort liability system is.
A well-intentioned bad idea
Submitted on 4.21.2008
There's troubling legislation in Sacramento to open the state's lucrative public employee retirement system to private employees. Unfortunately, there's little opposition, which may make the scheme inevitable.
Commie Dearest
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 4.17.2008
The Senate Education Committee held a hearing earlier this month on SB 1322, which allowed members of the Communist Party USA to teach and hold meetings in California’s public schools. This measure, authored by state Sen. Alan Lowenthal, a southern California Democrat, has left many puzzled.
North Carolina Found to be Friendly to Business in Tort Cases
Submitted by Chris Baysden on 4.14.2008
The verdict is in: North Carolina boasts one of the country's most business-friendly legal climates.
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