Category: Legal Reform

Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Contaminated by Hypocrisy

National Policy Analysis #265 /
When the federal government announced on September 22 that it was suing U.S. tobacco companies to recover funds the federal government spends each year on smoking-relating health costs, more than one person quizzically asked: But doesn't the government support tobacco ...
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Congress Should Hold Hearings on FDIC Abuse of Citizens

National Policy Analysis #267 /
Innocent until proven guilty, right? That's what it says in civics textbooks. But in the real world, sometimes government officials want you to be guilty. If that happens, even if you are innocent, you can be in big trouble. Take ...
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Government Blames Gun Manufacturers for Crime in Public Housing, But Files Lawsuits to Keep Criminals There

National Policy Analysis #266 /
Which government activity deserves funding from your tax dollars? * Funding lawsuits to stop public housing authorities from evicting criminals; * Funding a government lawsuit against gun manufacturers on the theory that criminal violence in public housing is largely the ...
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The Future of Breast Implant Litigation May Be a Bust for Trial Lawyers

National Policy Analysis #262 /
The future of breast implant litigation is beginning to look like a bust to the nation's trial lawyers. Study after study has shown no link between breast implants and disease.1 Trial lawyers hoping to profit from future implant case awards ...
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The Legal Dis-Service Corporation, by Stuart Pigler

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published July 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Do you want a ...
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Put a Brake on Government Lawsuits

National Policy Analysis #257 /
Government Lawsuits Bypass Elected Representatives and Aren't the Best Way to Solve Social Problems We have news of perhaps America's silliest lawsuit. One branch of the federal government has fined another branch, and a lawsuit over it went all the ...
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A Federal Tobacco Lawsuit: Bad Economics, Bad Law and Bad Governing

National Policy Analysis #255 /
The way some politicians go on about tobacco, you'd never know that it is government's fine coffers that profit the most from cigarettes. Has any politician ever mentioned that government rakes in 53 cents per pack of cigarettes sold1 while ...
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Federal Court’s Decision to Strike Down Air Standards Will Save Lives

National Policy Analysis #248 /
The recent federal court decision striking down the Environmental Protection Agency's new, more stringent air quality standards was a major victory not only for government accountability advocates, but for public health. In 1997, EPA Administrator Carol Browner announced new air ...
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Legal Brief: Trial Lawyers and the DOJ… Partners in Crime?; 4 our of 5 Dentists Warn: Frivolous Lawsuits Dangerous to Common Sense; Woman Sues After Being Left in Doghouse; Man Kan’t Spel, Sues Instead

Trial Lawyers and the DOJ... Partners in Crime?As head of the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General Janet Reno currently oversees a $20 billion annual budget, and has over 9,100 lawyers at her disposal. Make that 9,100 plus 40. The ...
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Latin America Go Home: Tobacco Policies in Foreign Countries Should Be Made by Foreign Countries, Not in U.S. Courts

National Policy Analysis #244 /
A rash of foreign governments have begun filing lawsuits against U.S. tobacco companies. The suits, filed so far by Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela, and perhaps soon by others including Russia and Brazil,1 are patterned after tobacco lawsuits filed ...
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