Tort Reform and Women’s Health: What you should know about New Jersey’s medical malpractice crisis and women’s access to care
New Jersey’s OBGYNs pay the seventh highest malpractice premiums in the nation, encouraging them to reduce their services or practice [...]
Testimony before the Women’s Legislative Caucus
Marcus Rayner • Executive Director, NJLRA
Medicine bears the distinction of being both business and personal. Too many promising medical students are becoming a casualty of our litigious health-care system. In turn, it limits the number of specialized medical doctors
Can there be Tort Reform in New Jersey?
Marcus Rayner • Enterprise Magazine, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
If your company has never been sued, consider yourself lucky. Plaintiffs' attorneys are one group that’s flourishing during this period of 10% unemployment. New Jersey has become a top destination for lawsuits (i.e., t
NJLRA’s statement before the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee in support of A1064
Marcus Rayner • Executive Director | NJLRA
NJLRA supports A1064, which eliminates the awarding of attorneys' fees for technical violations of the Consumer Fraud Act.
Business hopes for balanced high court
Martin C. Daks and Andrew Kitchenman • NJBiz
Nominee faces tough fight amid political feud
Rayner: New Jersey’s dire need for tort reform
Marcus Rayner • The Record / Op-Ed
According to Forbes Magazine, New Jersey is “one of the worst places to get sued in America.”
Tort Reform can Help Spark State Economy
Marcus Rayner • The Home News Tribune / To the editor
As Chris Christie prepares to take office on Jan.19, he might want to consider adopting some of the innovative proposals California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered to stimulate his state's economy.
New trial to begin in “Judicial Hellhole”
John O'Brien • LegalNewsLine.com
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The maker of a popular treatment for severe acne will get a new trial Tuesday, 10 months after the New Jersey Appellate Division struck down a $2.6 million verdict against it.
State Needs Tort Reform
Marcus Rayner • The Star-Ledger / To the editor
In his Dec.13 article "Gov.'s office needs to regain its clout," John Farmer Jr. correctly suggested that Gov.-elect Chris Christie utilize his office's institutional powers to take control of the budget process as he prepares to "turn Trenton upside d
Tort reform is the key to a healthier New Jersey
Marcus Rayner • Times of Trenton / Op-Ed
Recently, I spoke to a young man who is studying medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). A lifelong New Jersey resident who excelled as an undergraduate, he represents the best and bright
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