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The Current State of Consumer Arbitration
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| Posted: Monday, November 17, 2008 |
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This analysis of the Public Citizen report and evidence collected in California and elsewhere reveals different and positive conclusions about the state of consumer arbitration.
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Jackpot Justice Gets New Meaning
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| Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
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"Jackpot justice" refers to courts rewarding trial lawyers with outsized judgments unrelated to any actual damages, but a recent case in Minnesota gives the phrase a whole new meaning.
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The Trouble with the Civil Gideon Movement
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| Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
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Aside from the tremendous cost to taxpayers, civil Gideon will be counterproductive in its supposed goals of helping the poor and making the legal system more accessible.
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The Inverted Federalism of Grider v. Compaq
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| Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
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Oklahoma is on the verge of becoming the next magnet jurisdiction for overbroad consumer class actions.
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Did the Right Make America a Lawsuit Nation?
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| Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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A new book acknowledges that the litigation explosion has harmed America, but it places the blame on right-wing politics.
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The Era of Big Punitive Damage Awards Is Not Over
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| Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
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The Supreme Court's decision in Exxon Shipping v. Baker highlights the need for legislative reform of arbitrary punitive damage awards.
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Prosecutors Gone Wild
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| Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
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While Eliot Spitzer is gone, the overreaching tactics by which he made his name as a prosecutor are not.
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How Bipartisan Is Obama?
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| Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
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When it comes to common-sense liability reform, Barack Obama toes the trial lawyers' party line.
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Blame Port Authority
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| Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was ruled to be 68 percent responsible for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center.
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Battling Zombies
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| Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
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If dead lawsuits can be brought back to life to inflict damage on defendants, the loss of legal certainty would be devastating to the ability of businesses to gauge risk.
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