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The Plundering Lawyer’s Rule

F.R. October 13, 2012 October 13, 2012 UncategorizedLeave a comment

The so-called American Rule, whereby each side in a civil legal case pays its own court costs regardless of outcome, came about as what might be called a deadbeat’s relief act. The Treaty of Paris (which ended the American Revolution) stipulated that British creditors could sue in American courts in …

One Good Thing

F.R. December 17, 2011 December 17, 2011 UncategorizedLeave a comment

As anemic economic growth and high unemployment continued to plague much of the country throughout the past year, many governors and state legislators were determined to make their states more competitive and attractive to employers. Thus enactment of a variety of tort reform measures figured prominently in these policymakers’ pro-growth, …