<<Visit the Press Room for breaking news.

2008 Press Releases, President Statements & Published Articles

January

• Statement by Kathleen Flynn Peterson on the Jamie Leigh Jones Case (01/08/08)
• Statement from AAJ President Kathleen Flynn Peterson on ATRA’s Latest Attack on Civil Justice Attorneys (01/10/08)
• Cecelia Prewett Joins American Association for Justice in Key Role (01/14/08)
• AAJ Demands FDA Withdraw Rule Allowing Drug Companies to Claim Immunity for Failing to Warn Patients of Potential Drug Hazards (01/16/08)
• Statement by AAJ CEO Jon Haber on 2008 State of the Union Address (01/28/08)

February

• AAJ Statement On Upcoming ATRA White Paper Propaganda (02/11/08)
• Latest News on H.R. 3010, the Arbitration Fairness Act (02/13/08)
• AAJ Statement On Latest Robert Novak Column (02/19/08)
• Statement From AAJ CEO Jon Haber On Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. Supreme Court Decision(02/20/08)
• Statement From AAJ CEO Jon Haber on Warner-Lambert v. Kent (02/25/08)

March

• AAJ: Latest Medtronic Device Failure Highlights Dangers of Preemption (3/19/08)
• AAJ URGES FDA TO PUT PATIENT SAFETY FIRST (3/17/08)
• PRI's Corporate-Funded Tort Reform Study Proves Tort Reform Doesn't Work (3/12/08)
• Statement From AAJ CEO Jon Haber on Latest ATRA White Paper Propaganda (3/07/08)
• AAJ Seeks Legislative Action to Stop Court Secrecy (3/06/08)
• Statement from AAJ CEO Jon Haber on Warner-Lambert v. Kent Decision (3/03/08)

April

• AAJ Announces Support of Legislation to Stop Abusive Nursing Home Practices(4/10/08)
• AAJ:  FDA Warning to Glaxo Highlights Dangers of Preemption (4/09/08)
• AAJ:  Insurance Companies Taking In More, Handing Back Less (4/09/08)
• AAJ DEMANDS NHTSA REMOVE PREEMPTION FROM ROOF CRUSH RULES (4/09/08)
• AAJ Announces Support of Legislation to Stop Abusive Nursing Home Practices (4/10/08)
• AAJ Statement on President’s Preemption / Climate Change Comments (4/16/08)
• Product Defects To Be Disclosed Under House Anti-Secrecy Bill (4/23/08)

May

• Congressional Legislation Targets Foreign Producers Who Skirt U.S. Law (5/01/08)
• Manhattan Institute's Latest Industry-Funded Research: "Laughable" (5/07/08)
• AAJ on Robert Bork Settling Slip-And-Fall Lawsuit (5/09/08)
• New Poll: Americans Say “No Thanks” To Binding Arbitration (5/19/08)
• VA Rule is A Victory for Veterans Rights (5/19/08)
• AAJ's Letter to Today Show on Dr. Synderman’s Comments Attacking the Civil Justice System (5/24/08)
• Federal Rules Give Railroads Complete Immunity (5/29/08)
• Vioxx Reversal Illustrates the Danger of Federal Preemption 05/29/08

June

• Senators Discourage Preemption in Roof Crush Standards 06/04/08
• Negligent Nursing Home Corporations Hide Behind Mandatory Arbitration 06/10/08
• Preemption dangers highlighted by ny times' "researchers fail to reveal full drug pay" 06/10/08

2007 Press Releases, President Statements & Published Articles

November

• Illinois Damage Caps Declared Unconstitutional (11/13/07)

• Congress: Adopt Tough Measures to Stop Corporations From Evading Accountability for Unsafe Foreign Toys, AAJ Urges(11/14/07)

October

• Binding Mandatory Arbitration Victim Deborah Williams and others to testify at hearing on Arbitration Fairness Act of 20072 p.m., Thursday, October 25, 2007 (10/24/07)

• AAJ Demands FRA Withdraw Preemption Language from New Railroad Safety Regulation (10/1/07)

September

• New Report Says “Health Courts” Bureaucracies Offer Big Financial Burdens and Loss of Patient Rights (9/27/07)
• AAJ Commends New Report Revealing Bush Administration’s Stealth Campaign to Weaken Health and Safety Standards While Protecting Corporate Wrongdoing (9/12/07)

August

• AAJ Report Reveals “Pattern of Greed” Katrina Victims Abused by Insurance Companies As Profits Soar (8/28/07)
• AAJ Demands NHTSA Withdraw Preemption Language from New Tire Safety Regulation (8/27/07)

July

• Congress Passes Legislation Protecting Victoms of Railroad Negligence (7/27/07)
• Flynn Peterson Elected President of the American Association for Justice (7/19/07)
• New Poll Reveals Voter Anxiety about Corporate Misconduct, Support for Strong Civil Justice System to Ensure Accountability and Fairness (7/12/07)
• Statement from AAJ on Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 (7/12/07)

June

• AAJ Commends Fair Verdict in "Pants" Case (6/25/07)
• President Bush Sides with Corporations over Investors (6/13/07)
  

May

• New Report Shows Malpractice Insurers Price-Gouging Doctors and Driving Up Cost of Care (5/24/07)
• AAJ Calls For Reconsideration of NHTSA Roll Stability Control Rule: Claims Agency Failed To Consider Available Data (5/23/07)
• Statement from AAJ President Lewis S. “Mike” Eidson on Baroody Withdrawal (5/23/07)
• Disciplinary Investigation Called for in Dry Cleaners Case (5/8/07)
• AAJ Calls On U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Halt False, Unfair and Deceptive
  Advertisements (5/7/07)

April

• Bogus National Chamber “Study”: Propaganda Attack Against Civil Justice System (4/25/07)
• Senate Overwhelmingly Upholds Strong Rules on Corporate Accountability (4/25/07)
• William Schulz Appointed AAJ Vice President of Communications (4/24/07)
• AAJ Calls On Greedy Insurance CEOs to Defend Record Profits (4/24/07)
• AAJ Urges U.S. Senate to Oppose Bush’s Nomination of Anti-Consumer Shill to Key Public Safety Post (4/19/07)
• Consumer Groups Ask Senate Committee to Side with Investors’ Rights over Corporate Interests (4/17/07)

March

• AAJ Congratulates Senate on Blocking Dangerous Homeland Security Rule Changes Threatening Public Safety (3/29/07)
• AAJ Urges Senate to Repeal Dangerous Department of Homeland Security Rule Changes That Threaten Public Safety (3/27/07)
• AAJ Challenges NHTSA's Efforts to Weaken Car Safety (3/26/07)
• AAJ Urges Ban On Children's Jewelry Containing Lead (3/13/07)
• U.S. Chamber Proposal Rips Apart Enron-Era Reforms (3/13/07)

February

• AAJ Files Comments On Proposed SEC Regulations To Roll Back Enron Reforms That Protect Shareholders (2/26/07)
• AAJ: State Farm Puts Corporate Profits Ahead of Mississippi Residents (2/15/07)
• AAJ Asks SEC to Come Clean on Latest Efforts to Protect Corporate America at Expense of Shareholders (2/13/07)
• AAJ Urges Department of Homeland Security to Rescind Its Dangerous Rule Changes That Threaten Public Safety (2/7/07)

January

• Proposed Federal Guidelines Will Make Railroads Less Safe (1/31/07)
• AAJ Statement on President Bush’s Attack on Civil Justice System (1/30/07)
• Bush Needs To “Show Me’’ On His Call For Civil Justice Restrictions (1/25/07)
• Despite Voters’ Call for Change, Bush Resorts to Same Old Tired Rhetoric (1/23/07)
• AAJ to President Bush: Put the Interests of the American PeopleAhead of Corporate Bottom Lines(1/23/07)
• AAJ Asks Commissioner Cox and the SEC to Come Clean (1/12/07)
• AAJ Recommends Rule Change to Provide Stronger Fire Safety Requirements
  (1/3/07)
• AAJ Urges NHTSA to Withdraw Proposed Secrecy Rules that Would Decrease Automobile Safety and Endanger Consumers (1/2/07)

2006 Press Releases, President Statements & Published Articles

December

• AAJ Statement on Latest Propaganda from ATRA (12/13/06)
• AAJ Urges FRA to Hold Railroad Companies Accountable for Private Grade Crossing Safety
  (12/6/06)

November

• Paulson Attacks Civil Justice System to Protect Corrupt Corporate CEOs
  (11/13/06)
• AAJ Advocates for Strict FDA Tracking of Medical Devicess
  (11/9/06)
• Repeated Attacks on the Civil Justice System Fail on Election Day (11/8/06)

September

• Merck Attempts to Escape Responsibility for Vioxx (9/7/06)

July

• American Association for Justice Elects Lewis S. “Mike” Eidson President (7/21/06)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission Weakens Reporting Rules on Potentially Dangerous Products (7/13/06)
• Latest Legal Action Against Insurance Company Draws Attention to Industry's Previous Practices (7/10/06)

June

• Special Right Allows Insurance Industry to Rig Markets and Hurt Consumers (6/29/06)
• Hypocrisy by U.S. Chamber of Commerce Reaches New Low (6/28/06)
  
• Insurance Industry Called to Account for Malfeasance (6/28/06)
• ATLA President Ken Suggs Comments on New Consumer Product Safety Commission Proposed Rule Affecting Hazardous Products (6/26/06)
• Statement of ATLA President Ken Suggs on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Hearing on Health Courts (6/22/06)
• Hearing Confirms Asbestos Bill is Bad for Victims, Bad for Taxpayers (6/7/06)
• Asbestos Bill Remains $20 Billion Corporate Bailout for Asbestos Companies That Knowingly Poisoned People (6/2/06)
• Senators Santorum and Frist Attack Victims of Medical Negligence to Garner Campaign Cash from Insurance Industry (6/1/06)

May

• Latest Admission of Merck Cover-up of Vioxx Dangers Shows Need for Drug Giant to “Come Clean” (5/31/06)
• ATLA to President Bush: You’re Doing a Heckuva Job Misleading the American People (5/22/06)
• Republican Trial Lawyers Gather in Washington for Lobby Day (5/16/06)
• ‘Study’ of State Civil Justice Systems More Propaganda from Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma (5/15/06)
• Supreme Court Sides with Giant Insurance Companies (5/15/06)
• New Study Shows Courts Not Clogged With Frivolous Medical Malpractice Lawsuits (5/11/06)
• ATLA Hits Insurance Industry in Med Mal Fight (5/8/06)
• ATLA: Senate Votes to Put Patients’ Rights Ahead of Big Insurance Company Profits (5/8/06)
• ATLA Backgrounder: Frist Continues to Mislead the Public on Medical Malpractice (5/506)
• Conrad Burns Calls Montana Families Devastated by Medical Negligence “Frivolous” (5/406)

April

• Bill Frist, Rick Santorum, and Judd Gregg: Playing Fast and Loose With the Facts On Medical Malpractice (4/27/06)
• New Pennsylvania Court Data Shows Rick Santorum Misleading the Public About Medical Malpractice Bill (4/27/06)
• Statement From ATLA President Ken Suggs on Vioxx Verdict (4/21/06)
• ATLA CEO Jon Haber's Statement in Response to Bush’s Attacks Today on the Civil Justice System (4/13/06)
• Statement From ATLA President Ken Suggs on Vioxx Verdict (4/11/06)
• Vioxx Verdict: Merck Found Liable for Keeping Deadly Drug on the Market (4/5/06)
  
• New Study Showing 250,000 Medicare Patients Killed by Preventable Medical Errors Shows Need for Congress to Get Priorities in Order (4/3/06)
  

March

• Latest U.S. Chamber Propaganda Seeks to Eliminate Corporate Accountability (3/27/06)
• Latest Insurance Industry Propaganda Seeks to Eliminate Corporate Accountability (3/13/06)
• American Association for Justice Condemns Fraudulent Silicosis Claims (3/8/06)
• Rhode Island Civil Justice System Protects Children from Dangers of Lead Paint (3/1/06)

February

• Bush Plays Fast and Loose with the Facts at Fast Food Restaurant (2/15/06)
• Senate Halts $20 Billion Corporate Bailout Bill for Asbestos Companies (22/14/06)
• 150,000 Asbestos Victims and Their Families Speak Out Against Corporate Asbestos Bailout As Bill Heads to Senate Floor (2/7/06)
• Asbestos Victims Tell Senators: S. 852 Bails Out Asbestos Companies While Victims Lose Out (2/2/06)
• Standing at 3M Corporate Headquarters, Bush Makes Clear He Stands with Asbestos Corporations and Against Victims (2/2/06)

January

• Bush Priorities Are Clear – Reward Corporate Friends With Special Favors (1/31/06)
• Distortions and Dishonesty from "Doctors for Medical Liability Reform" (1/19/06)
• FDA Uses Back Door to Issue New Rule Protecting Negligent Drug Companies (1/18/06)

Past ATLA Press Releases (2001-2005)

Past ATLA President Statements & Published Articles (1996-2005)

For more information on these items, please contact Chris Mather, Director of Communications, at 202-965-3500 x369 or email media.replies@justice.org.