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A Message from the Director
Introduction
The
King of Torts
The
Law Expands
Public
Relations
State Government Relations
Suing
for the State
Justice
for Sale
Federal Government Relations
Expanding Liability
Deputizing
Trial Lawyers
Attacking
Arbitration
The
Anti-Federalist
Congress
Toy
Story
A
Trial-Lawyer Tax Break
Conclusion
Appendix
Other
Resources
Media
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Watch and listen to Jim Copland present his new report
online and listen to special guests Senator Jeff
Sessions, Rep. Lamar Smith, Victor Schwartz, and Edwin
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OP-EDS
Lawyers' Lies and
the Lying Lawyers Who Tell Them, James Copland Townhall.com, 02-23-10
Trial Lawyers Still Love Specter, James Copland,
Pittsburgh-Post-Gazette, 02-15-10
Trial
Lawyers: Democrats' Other Money Machine, James Copland,
Washington Examiner, February 10, 2010
How
the Plaintiffs Bar Bought the Senate, Wall Street
Journal, James Copland, 02-09-10
EDITORIAL
Why Liberals Are Lawyers' Puppets, The
Washington Times, 2-17-10
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IN
THE PRESS
U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin
(D-Trial Lawyers), The Madison St. Clair Record, 2-21-10
Plaintiffs Bar Buys the Senate,
John Stossel, Fox Business, 2-9-10
Conservative
Group Rates Trial Bar as Most Influential, The
Hill, 2-10-10
Why
Not Tort Reform?, Waterbury Republican American,
2-10-10
The
Litigation Lobby, Revealed, Shopfloor.com,
2-10-10
Plaintiffs
Bar Buys the Senate John Stossel, Fox Business,
2-9-10
Manhattan
Institute Probes Lobbying Efforts of Lawyers, John
O'Brien, Legal Newsline, 2-9-10
Report
Criticizes Influence of Plaintiffs' Lawyers, David
Ingram, Blog of the Legal Times, 2-9-10
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APPENDIX
The following federal legislation is mentioned in this report:
Expanding Liability
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 11, S. 181) (employment discrimination)
(enacted 1/29/2009 as Public Law 111-2)
- Notice Pleading Restoration Act (S. 1504) (lawsuit-filing standards)
- Liability for Aiding and Abetting Securities Violations Act (S. 1551)
(securities lawsuits)
- Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Liability Act (H.R. 1478) (medical-malpractice
lawsuits)
- Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (S. 386) (whistle-blower lawsuits)
(enacted 5/20/2009 as Public Law 111-21)
Restricting Private Arbitration
- “Franken Amendment” (SA 2588) (defense contractors) (enacted
12/19/2009 as Public Law 111-118)
- Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (H.R. 1237, S. 512) (nursing
homes)
- Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (H.R. 1728) (mortgages
and home-equity lines)
- Payday Loan Reform Act (H.R. 1214) (payday loans)
- Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (S. 585) (tax-refunds loans)
- Consumer Fairness Act (H.R. 991) (consumer contracts)
- Arbitration Fairness Act (H.R. 1020, S. 931) (employer, franchise,
and consumer contracts)
Prohibiting Federal Preemption
- Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act (H.R. 3126) (national banks)
- Right to Clean Vehicles Act (H.R. 609) (automobile emissions standards)
- Medical Device Safety Act (H.R. 1346, S. 540) (medical devices)
Facilitating Consumer and Health-Care Lawsuits
• Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (lead standards)
(enacted August 14, 2008 as Public Law 110-314)
• Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) (state attorney-general
lawsuits)
Cutting Lawyer Taxes
• “Trial-Lawyer Tax-Break Bill” (H.R. 2519, S. 437) (contingent-fee
deductibility)
For a full and updated listing of pending trial-lawyer “earmarks,”
visit www.triallawyerearmarks.com,
sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform.
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