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Health care reform starts with tort reform
September 25, 2009Marcus Rayner • The Star-Ledger
Nearly everyone in Congress agrees that health care reform must make care more affordable for employers and families. More small businesses drop or reduce coverage each year due to increasing premiums, and more than three-quarters of Americans worry th
Read More »NJLRA Names AnnMarie McDonald Director of Communications
August 8, 2009TRENTON, N.J.- AnnMarie McDonald, formerly manager of community affairs for Catholic Charities in Trenton and legislative aide to two members of the New Jersey Legislature, has joined the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance (NJLRA) as communications director, executive director Marcus Rayner announced today. “We are excited that AnnMarie has decided to put her communications, public More »
Read More »NJLRA Statement in Responcse to Roche’s Discontinuation of Accutane ®
June 26, 2009Trenton, NJ – Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, a statewide, bipartisan group of individuals, businesses and organizations dedicated to improving the state’s civil justice system and advocating for legal reform in the legislature and in the courts, today issued the following statement in reaction to Roche’s announcement that the More »
Read More »Statement in Response to the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Consumer Fraud Act Ruling
February 20, 2009Trenton, NJ – Marcus Rayner, Executive Director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, today issued the following statement in reaction to the New Jersey Supreme Court’s ruling in Bosland v. Warnock Dodge Inc., which resolved the question of whether consumers are required to ask merchants for a refund before filing a lawsuit under the More »
Read More »New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance Sees Disturbing Trend in State’s Civil Justice System
April 25, 2008Trenton, NJ – The New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance (NJLRA), a statewide, bipartisan group committed to improving New Jersey’s civil justice system, released the following statement regarding the Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) 2008 State Liability Systems Ranking Study. New Jersey slipped nine spots in the annual ILR rankings and now hovers near the bottom More »
Read More »New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance Applauds Governor’s Action on Wrongful Death Legislation
January 15, 2008Trenton, NJ – The New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance (NJLRA), a statewide, bipartisan group committed to improving New Jersey’s civil justice system, released the following statement by executive director Marcus Rayner regarding Governor Corzine’s pocket veto of S-176/A-1511 that would have expanded the state’s wrongful death act: “NJLRA and its members applaud Governor Corzine’s action More »
Read More »Employers Say Lawsuits are Increasing, Raising Costs and Making it More Difficult to do Business in New Jersey
December 19, 2007New servey shows deep concern over state’s litigation climate
Read More »New Alliance Formed to Improve New Jersey’s Civil Justice System
October 4, 2007Trenton, NJ – A new organization has been launched to improve New Jersey’s civil justice system in an effort to make the state a more attractive place to live and do business. Headed up by Marcus Rayner, former district director for Congressman Mike Ferguson (NJ-7), the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance (NJLRA) is will be More »
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