Category: Legal Reform

Legal Brief: Lions and Tigers and… Bolivians; Lawyers’ Latest Litigation Target is All Wet; Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room Leads to Lesson in the Courtroom; Lather, Rinse, Litigate

Lions and Tigers and... BoliviansA Texas judge has delivered a sharp jab to the funny bone of the Republic of Bolivia after the Bolivian government filed suit against the U.S. tobacco industry in Brazoria County, Texas. Last month, the Bolivian ...
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Latin American Nations Use U.S. Legal System for Profit

National Policy Analysis #236 /
Greedy plaintiffs attorneys making back-room deals with elected officials, massive contingency fee deals, untested legal theories, multi-billion dollar claims - sounds like another day in the U.S. court system, doesn't it? But this time the perpetrators are five Latin American ...
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A Lawsuit… Or A House of Cards?

Legal Brief /
Issue Sixteen February 12, 1999 The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone (202) 507-6398 Fax (301) 498-1301 [email protected] http://www.nationalcenter.orgContents:* A Lawsuit... Or A House of ...
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Jury Tampering in Exxon Valdez Trial Pollutes America’s System of Justice

National Policy Analysis #232 /
There's a penchant among American juries for extracting a pound of flesh and then some from big, bad corporations with deeper-than-deep pockets. Americans have always loved striking a blow for the little guy, and many believe that one of the ...
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Black Leadership Network Warns Black Community Against Supporting Clinton Defense; Clinton’s Legal Maneuvers Could Turn Back the Clock on Civil Rights

Press Release /
While African-American support for President Bill Clinton has been high throughout the impeachment proceedings against Clinton, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 warn that - should Clinton succeed in using legal wrangling to escape a full impeachment trial ...
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Black Leadership Network Applauds Supreme Court for Striking Down Sampling

Press Release /
Project 21 Says Actual Headcount is Best Way to Conduct Census The January 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring the 2000 census be conducted through a person-by-person headcount was applauded by the members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ...
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Impeachment and the Rule of Law, by Faye Anderson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published January 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax (202) 543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. It's the rule ...
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Billion-Dollar Legal Paydays Hurt Ordinary Americans

National Policy Analysis #230 /
One lasting effect of Watergate, rarely remarked upon now, was its impact upon the career choices of young people. Because of Watergate, large numbers of young people concluded that journalism - with its king-killing journalists later to be portrayed by ...
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Government Regulation Robs Retired Couple of Home, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #225 /
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 ...
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Crazy Court Cases Show: Bad Science Makes Bad Law

National Policy Analysis #216 /
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 ...
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