Personal Injury Law

CRS Report on Federal Tort Reform Legislation
In, Federal Tort Reform Legislation: Constitutionality and Summaries of Selected Statutes, the Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS) considers the constitutionality of federal tort reform legislation, such as the products liability and medical malpractice reform proposals that have been introduced for...

Bad Faith As The Key To Tort Reform
We had an okay class discussion about tort reform recently in Torts. (At this point in the semester I think we’re all too exhausted for a heated or animated debate on the topic...

Tort reform: the 10-minute video
Kia Franklin over at TortDeform found this great clip of Mark Wahlstrom and Jan Schlichtmann discussing “Tort Reform” and debunking a number of the myths of tort reform...

Obama Expected To Address Tort Reform Early
Here is the latest news release from the American Association for Justice. It involves the question of tort reform under the new Barack Obama administration:CQ Weekly (11/10, Zeller) reports, "One early policy battle in the Obama years will probably be the question of 'tort reform...

NEJM: "The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform"
Michelle Mello and Troyen Brennan in the July 2 New England Journal of Medicine: What kinds of malpractice reforms might be candidates for bundling [with comprehensive federal health care reform]? The warhorse of federal tort reform efforts in the past...

Eric Turkewitz Has Eight Questions About Tort Reform for the Tea Party Movement
  As the Tea Party movement gains more attention, some folks want to know exactly what they believe in. Today?s question: Do they believe in a  smaller, less intrusive, government or will they follow the Republican Party down the path of Big Government Tort ?Reform?? Since the Tea Party is a nascent and disorganized collection, I?m tossing out eight questions for those conservatives in the movement to ponder as they decide which side of the tort ?reform? debate they are on, Source: Does the Tea Party Believe in Conservatism or Tort ?Reform?? (8 Questions) ? New York Personal Injury Law Blog If you want to know what  they eight questions are, you?ll have to follow the link.

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Taylor Bean Faces Federal WARN Class Action
Taylor Bean Federal Employment Class Action Filed

Arrow Trucking Hit with Federal Lawsuit by Employees
Arrow Trucking Hit with Federal Lawsuit by Employees

California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action
California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action

Parents Bring Federal Lawsuit After Tainted Baby Formula Injures Newborn
Parents Bring Federal Lawsuit After Tainted Baby Formula Injures Newborn

Federal Government
alleging discrimination against black farmers