The Government Printing Office has a host of information for you. Government Printing Office which provides electronic access to Federal Government documents. The site gives you access to official, published versions of legislative, executive and judicial documents, including the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, and Presidential Materials. For example,…
Do you what $146,604 represents? It is the amount of money both Exxon and Shell made every minute of every hour of every day last quarter. Or $2443 every second. But who’s counting.
Hopefully you will get to read this article in Texas Monthly before this link is gone. It describes what happened to the people of Texas because of tort reform. Here is a description of what happened to one family who was looking for a plaintiff’s lawyer to handle a medical…
Some of you are familiar with the Rosoce Pound Institute, an organization founded in 1956 which works to “help judges, academics and others understand a balanced view of the U.S. civil justice system.” Last week, the Institute held a conference at Vanderbilt University School of Law on the issue of…
Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body is the leading textbook on anatomy and now it is available on-line. Click here to review the index of what drawings and information is available. Thanks to Bob Kraft for bringing this site to my attention.
Georgia passed a tort “deform” statute last year. One part of the legislation required a plaintiff to pay a defendant’s attorneys’ fees if the plaintiff did not obtain a judgment of at 25% higher than a defendant’s last offer of judgment. A trial judge has struck down that provision, saying…
The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving a class action certified by a Oklahoma judge involving 420,000 GM vehicles. The lawsuit alleges that the vehicles are equipped with airbags that deploy unnecessarily. The problem is a software glich, later corrected by GM on other vehicles.
Senator Frist’s blind trust is a story that will not die – and now more information is coming forward. Read the latest from the Miami Hearld and the AP.
You may remember that the Florida voters passed a cap on attorneys’ fees in medical malpractice cases. The constitutional amendment was pushed by Florida’s doctors. Fees are capped at 30% for the first $250,000 and 10% on any amount over $250,000. Lawyers representing patients began asking them if they wanted…
There is a fascinating but disturbing story in today’s New York Times about a federal court case involving claims arising from alleged injuries because of exposure to silica. Judge Jack has raised serious questions about whether the claims are legitimate and the role of the doctors and claimant’s lawyers in…