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Lesniak addresses members at New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance Luncheon
September 16, 2010Says NJLRA’s proposals for reform will be a cornerstone in efforts to reposition New Jersey’s economy.
Read More »Medical Malpractice Reform Advocates Urge Action Now
August 9, 2010Linda Moss | NJ Spotlight
Read More »Expand Frivolous-Suit Screening Panels to Suits in Private Sector
July 29, 2010Marcus Rayner • To the Editor, New Jersey Law Journal
In his July 19 article, “N.J. Bill Proposes Use of Screening Panels to Thwart Frivolous Suits Against Public Entities,” Michael Booth reviews S-2184 , introduced by Senators Cardinale and Sacco, which would set up a prelitigation screening panel of retired justices to determine whether a suit is frivolous or filed in bad faith before going to trial.
Read More »In 6 – 1 Decision, N.J. Supreme Court Guts Affidavit of Merit Statute
July 23, 2010Plaintiffs’ attorneys are able to use experts from “outside the field” to testify against doctors in malpractice suits.
Read More »Small Businesses Pay 33% of Rising Tort Costs Out-of-Pocket
July 9, 2010Insurance Journal
A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small businesses shoulder a sizable burden of the nation’s tort liability costs, having paid $105.4 billion in 2008— a third of it out of their own pockets.
Read More »Legal costs are an issue for N.J. school budgets
June 28, 2010By Marcus Rayner | New Jersey Newsroom
In recent months, school funding has been hotly debated by many sides. And the most infamous school litigation of the past two decades, Abbott vs. Burke, is routinely invoked as a major cost driver in education. Whether or not you support
Read More »Appeal Bond Cap on the table in New Jersey
June 21, 2010John O’Brien • Legal Newsline
Legislation pending in New Jersey would limit the amount a losing party would have to post as a bond for its appeal to $50 million.
Read More »Op-Ed: School legal costs are a killer
June 27, 2010By Marcus Rayner | The Daily Record
Read More »Testimony before the Assembly Appropriations Committee in support of A-2473, the Appeal Bond Cap
June 17, 2010Marcus Rayner • Executive Director, NJLRA
NJLRA supports A-2473
Read More »Handlin, Rayner push to reform medical malpractice in N.J.
June 15, 2010Andy Lagomarsino • New Jersey Newsroom
Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, and Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13), a co-sponsor of A-1982 representing Monmouth County, released the following statement following last week’s Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee hearing, which posted the bill for discussion.
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