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aThe
gloves are off
Bill Straub
For years, tort ‘reformers’ have disparaged the civil justice system, trial lawyers, and their allies. With facts and history on their side—and no less than Americans’ fundamental rights at stake—trial lawyers can and must start hitting back, hard.
aInsuring against the next insurance crisis
Jay Angoff
Insurance costs are driven not by frivolous lawsuits, greedy plaintiffs, or some other fictitious beast, but by a regular, predictable insurance cycle that swings between market-based extremes. Regulatory reform could smooth the cycle.
aCorporate wolves in victims’ clothing
Justinian Lane
Corporate executives hate lawsuits—except when they’re the plaintiffs. These hypocrites blame personal injury litigation for driving up consumer costs, while they rake in million-dollar compensation packages ultimately paid for by consumers.
aStraight talk about torts
Carmel Sileo and David Ratcliff
Litigation is down, damages are down, and criminal—not civil—trials are clogging the courts. Statistics and trends reported by government agencies and research organizations confirm these and other truths about civil litigation.
aFighting to end the ‘ban litigation’ crisis
Arthur H. Bryant
Powerful interests are working to deny ordinary citizens access to the courts. Using tactics from mandatory arbitration to federal preemption to bans on class actions, they aim to stamp out consumer rights. These assaults must be thwarted.
aA chance at justice
Three trial lawyers write about cases they decided to accept despite private doubt and public disapproval, because they believed that, no matter how hard the road ahead, their clients deserved a chance at justice.
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Features
ATLA celebrates 60 years
As ATLA turns 60, TRIAL celebrates six decades of fighting on the right side of justice with a special commemorative section.
aThe truth about the drug companies
Marcia Angell
Many consumers don’t realize that drug companies spend far less on research than they claim to and that most of this money goes toward reformulating perfectly effective older—and less expensive—drugs.
Driven to distraction
Robert F. Wilkins
Recent studies suggest that people who drive while talking on their cell phones may be more dangerous than drunk drivers.
Take the initiative with injury claim reserves
Jeffrey C. Wehe
If an insurance adjuster fails to set up adequate claim reserves early in the life of your client’s claim, the chances that the case will settle for a reasonable amount are slim to none. You can avoid this fate.
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News & Trends
Executive women drive rise in pregnancy
bias lawsuits
GAO report criticizes FDA drug safety
oversight
Insurer may take share of damages award,
Supreme Court rules
In Katrina cases, judge OKs policy exclusions,
finds ambiguities
Vioxx studies question timing of heart
attack risk
Terminally ill have “fundamental
right” to unapproved drugs
Departments
President’s page
Our mission, our name
Supreme Court review
Upholding due process
ATLA Endowment: Donor profiles
Hearsay
ATLA in motion
Supreme Court limits Medicaid reimbursement
from settlements
Litigation packet guides lawyers in meningitis
cases
Trial lawyers, clergy respond to Christian
Coalition attack
Plaintiffs keep their rights in med-mal
cases
States aim to shield doctors and hospitals
from emergency room claims
Members to vote on bylaw changes in Seattle
Books
Active Liberty
by Stephen Breyer
Lifting the Fog of Legalese: Essays
on Plain Language
by Joseph Kimble
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