Consumers May Get Unfair Arbitration Relief
When you buy a car, use your credit card or even your cell phone, you may be giving up your constitutional rights. Many consumer goods carry in their contracts of [...]
Think This Election Doesn’t Matter? Think Again!
I typically avoid politics in this blog. Sometimes, though, politics affect my clients. Okay, most of the time. The next President will undoubtedly select judges for Federal courts, including the [...]
Levison Group Column for August
On occasion, my syndicated column for Under Analysis, a product of the Levison Group, will be found on these pages. Occasionally is like right now! Make em work for Exxon [...]
Hypocrites of Tort Reform: Long Version!
The Hypocrites Of Tort Reform Advocates Who Changed Their Tunes Emily Gottlieb Deputy director of the Center for Justice & Democracy. No one likes a hypocrite. Yet one would be [...]
Claims Don’t Drive Insurance Rates!
Blaming the Victims Miami Herald December 30, 2002 by Edward Wasserman Why are liability insurance rates soaring again? It's the courts, stupid. Runaway juries award lottery-sized winnings for groundless claims [...]
Lawsuit Changes Don’t Help Patients
News Release from Americans for Insurance Reform For Immediate Release June 2, 2003 Contact: Joanne Doroshow, 917/438-4620 TIME MAGAZINE BREAKS NEWS WITH STUDY SHOWING DOCTORS' MALPRACTICE INSURANCE RATES ARE HIGHER [...]
Hypocrites of Court Reform
June 14, 2007 Editorial - Bork v. Bork NY Times There are many versions of the cliché that "a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged," and Robert Bork [...]
National Board of Trial Advocacy Certification
St. Louis Daily Record & St. Louis Countian Dec 4, 2004 by St. Louis Daily Record Staff Spencer E. Farris of The S.E. Farris Law Firm has achieved certification as [...]
Lawyers Calling Webster Groves Home
St. Louis Daily Record & St. Louis Countian, Jul 7, 2008 by Heather Cole Plaintiffs' attorneys are moving into Webster Groves. Three years ago, there were no attorneys on East [...]
Worrying About Preemption
The New England Journal of Medicine Volume 359:1-3 July 3, 2008 Why Doctors Should Worry about Preemption Gregory D. Curfman, M.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., and Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D. A [...]