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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Mass Torts?, Anthony J. Sebok Apr 2008

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Mass Torts?, Anthony J. Sebok

Michigan Law Review

Twenty years ago, Deborah Hensler and a team of scholars at the RAND Corporation's Institute for Civil Justice issued a report entitled Trends in Tort Litigation: The Story Behind the Statistics. Pressure had been mounting both in the business community and the Republican Party to "reform" tort law throughout the 1980s. There was concern that Americans "egged on by avaricious lawyers, sue[d] too readily, and irresponsible juries and activist judges wayla[id] blameless businesses at enormous cost to social and economic well-being." The RAND report argued that the real risk of a torts "explosion" came from the world of mass …


The Giuliani Years: Corporation Counsel 1994–1997, Paul A. Crotty Jan 2008

The Giuliani Years: Corporation Counsel 1994–1997, Paul A. Crotty

NYLS Law Review

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Reflections On My Years As Corporation Counsel, Peter L. Zimroth Jan 2008

Reflections On My Years As Corporation Counsel, Peter L. Zimroth

NYLS Law Review

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Lawyers For Government Have Unique Responsibilities And Opportunities To Influence Public Policy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. Jan 2008

Lawyers For Government Have Unique Responsibilities And Opportunities To Influence Public Policy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr.

NYLS Law Review

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Taking The Offensive: New York City’S Affirmative Suits, Gail Rubin Jan 2008

Taking The Offensive: New York City’S Affirmative Suits, Gail Rubin

NYLS Law Review

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