The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently weighed in with an amicus brief in an interesting class action appeal in the Ninth Circuit. See Brazil v. Dole P
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Report Issued on “New Lawsuit Ecosystem”
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform has released a report examining the developing lawsuit “ecosystem” and areas of li…
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U.S. Chamber Describes Tort Reform Goals for 2012
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Here at MassTortDefense we try to keep at least one eye on important tort reform efforts, and how they may impact the litigation that we blog about. T…
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California Right To Know Bill Strikes the Wrong Balance
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Last week, the California Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials approved the Consumer Right to Know Act, S.B. 928. Th…
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Tort Liability Annual Report Released by Think Tanks
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The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, and the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, a public policy and econom…
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Chamber Releases State Liability Systems Ranking Study
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The Institute for Legal Reform of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released its 2010 State Liability Systems Ranking Study. The study was conducted fo…
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Chamber of Commerce Requests Open Debate on Science of Global Warming
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week filed a supplemental request for an “on-the-record” hearing to debate the evidence behind the Envir…
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