This Christmas will be the last Christmas Harold and Iris Stone spend in the home in which they raised two daughters and accumulated four decades of cherished holiday memories. That's because the Stones will soon be evicted, thanks to the ...
A court once determined that dropping a can of orange juice can cause breast cancer.1 In another court, an "expert" witness testified that breast implants cause drunk driving -- even in persons who have had their implants removed.2 A conflict ...
Judge's Shaky Legal Theories Turn Constitution Upside DownSending aftershocks through the Southern California legal community, Judge Richard Hubbell of the Los Angeles Superior Court has made a series of shaky judicial moves. The Los Angeles Times reported August 21 that ...
The Sierra Club and trial lawyers have a great deal more in common than many people realize. Both have a huge financial stake in seeing to it that legal reform fails. As a result, both also have the same political ...
He's Dead, But Still Practicing LawThe following is a transcript of a line of questioning between a lawyer and a doctor, as printed in the Notes and Asides section of the National Review magazine, August 3, 1998: Q: Doctor, before ...
Lawyers Oppose Lowering Insurance PremiumsMost Americans may assume that when they pay their auto insurance premiums, most of the premium goes for the health care costs and lost wages of individuals injured in car crashes. Wrong. A new report by ...
Fred Goldman, father of Ron Goldman, one of the two murder victims of the O.J. Simpson trial, has a new goal: assuring that fewer families suffer the horror of violent crime. Teaming up with Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon, Goldman has ...
Exxon Sued for Trying to Prevent Oil SpillsWhen it comes to the federal government, it seems you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. At least that's the way it seems to some businesses that are trying ...
If 80% of the public holds the same view on an issue, wouldn't you think the politicians would take notice? You'd think so unless campaign contributions or the chance to look good in front of a camera are involved ...
Should a new law be passed under which Americans making $30,000 or less give as much as $58 billion to a small number of lawyers? It could happen if Congress does not approve a bi-partisan bill, H.R. 2740, in some ...
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Category: Legal Reform
Government Regulation Robs Retired Couple of Home, by John Carlisle
Crazy Court Cases Show: Bad Science Makes Bad Law
Legal Brief: Judge’s Shaky Legal Theories Turn Constitution Upside Down; Trial Lawyers Swing for the Fences With Allegation that Baseball Cards are Dangerous to Kids; California Woman Sues, Saying Mail-Carrying Robot Went Postal; Last Call Leads to Lawsuit
The Sierra Club and the Trial Lawyers: Two Peas in a Pod
Legal Brief: He’s Dead, But Still Practicing Law; Here’s the Beef! — And the Lawsuit; Student Shows That Lawyer-Driven Science is All Wet; Car Crash Leads to Switched Gears in Man’s Sex Drive
Legal Brief: Lawyers Oppose Lowering Insurance Premiums; Hindu Man Has Beef With Taco Bell – Sues; Slipped-up Trombone Player Sings A Quarter-Million-Dollar Tune; Lawsuits Upon Lawsuits Within Lawsuits
Fred Goldman Turns Family Tragedy into a Chance to Defeat Violent Crime
Legal Brief: Exxon Sued for Trying to Prevent Oil Spills; Senate to Vote on Product Liability Bill July 7; Fortune 500 to Provide Sex Ed?
80% of the Public Isn’t Wrong: Big Law is Overpaid
Lawyers’ Fees in Tobacco Case Should Be Capped