Category: Articles

Philip Morris and the Price Case, Lawsuits Against Pharmacuetical Companies, More

Legal Brief /
The growing litigation crisis is harming our health. Case in point: Class action lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies over prescription drug side effects. At first glance, this may seem to be an issue of little concern. Most drug makers have deep ...
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Murkowski Expected to Offer ANWR Amendment, by Christopher Burger

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Freshman Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is expected to offer an amendment to S. 14, the Energy Policy Act of 2003. The amendment, if approved, would authorize oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge but limit surface area development ...
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Statement of The National Center for Public Policy Research on Senator Orrin Hatch’s Asbestos Proposal

Press Release /
Conservative Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch's decision to introduce a compromise solution to the multi-decade asbestos liability crisis is a positive, possibly breakthrough step. Working with liberal Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chris Dodd (D-CT), and others, and giving labor ...
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Legal Briefs Newsletter #23: Legal Reform: Another Way to Boost the Economy; You Can Lead a Plaintiff to Water, But You Can’t Make Him Drink, More

President Bush need not pin all his economic hopes on a $726 billion tax cut. There's another option: legal reform. Market analysts say solving the legal liability crisis could make the President's proposed dividend tax cut seem like small change ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Posts Online Educational Resource to Teach About Affirmative Action

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On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could redefine how affirmative action racial preference policies determine school admissions. A decision is expected by the end of June. As a public service intended to ...
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Celebrate Earth Day by Taking Environmental Issues Seriously, by Christopher Burger

National Policy Analysis #462 /
"Between 1980 and 1989, some four billion people, including 65 million Americans, would perish [from starvation]."1 "Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind."2 Prophesies foretelling the end of the world? ...
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Statement of The National Center for Public Policy Research on the March 5, 2003 Asbestos Hearing in the U.S. Senate

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The National Center for Public Policy Research is delighted that the Senate Judiciary Committee is meeting today to further investigate options for mitigating at least some of the damage caused by the asbestos litigation crisis. Personal injury lawyers have sued ...
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Shattered Dreams – New Book Details 100 Stories of Regulatory Abuse

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To highlight the staggering degree to which government regulations can harm average Americans, The National Center for Public Policy Research's John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs has published its fourth compilation of stories of victims of ...
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Nonsense By Any Other Name: Calling Carbon Dioxide A Pollutant Doesn’t Make It A Pollutant, by Gerald Marsh

National Policy Analysis #458 /
It is becoming increasingly fashionable to maintain that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, one that should be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Seven Northeastern states have even announced their intention to sue the administration for its failure to regulate ...
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Representative Markey and Supporters: Wrong on ANWR, by Christopher Burger

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced a bill on February 13, 2003 to designate nearly 1.6 million acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness, thus permanently banning oil and gas exploration in the ...
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