TortDeform
TortDeform says it "confronts and transcends the arguments put forth by the tort 'reform' movement, working to ensure that all Americans can access the courts." Many posts deal with fairness in the justice system.
Author: The blawg is sponsored by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, described as a "nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to challenging the tired orthodoxies of both the right and the left. The goal: progressive public policy for social and economic fairness."
Blawg Related Categories: Civil Procedure • Consumer Law • Insurance Law • Legal Theory • Tort Law
Recent Posts from TortDeform
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On Huff Po: Corporate Hypocrisy re Arbitration
In HuffPo today, Art Levine asks, Why Does Chamber of Commerce Favor Arbitration for Workplace Rape Victims, But Oppose It for Union Workers?. If their flip flopping on the issue is confusing, Levine sets forth…
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Will Pres. Obama back Med Mal Deform?
I'm confused. Today, President Obama told attendees at the American Medical Association conference in Chicago that he is not supportive of the idea of capping medical malpractice damages: "I'm not advocating caps on malpractice awards,…
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Post-Hiatus Supreme Court Stuff...
It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you... (Anyone who can finish that sentence wins a prize!) I have been on a bit of a hiatus while I concentrated on completing my fellowship…
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Waiting Room Death Case Settles
A while back we covered the story of Esmin Green, a Brooklyn woman who died on the floor of the waiting room at Kings County Hospital Center (here's my post, here's Justinian's post). Her estate's…
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The Sotomayor Buzz
(Photo courtesy of Pace University.) I just finished watching the live announcement that Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor is President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. (Here's some coverage from NPR and New York Times) In…
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Are you relaxing at home? Lucky you...
Happy Memorial Day! If the weather is nice (it certainly is here) then I hope you can get out to a park or barbecue or picnic. Also be sure to get some nice relaxing time…
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Times are Tough... Time for Civil Gideon
I've seen some pretty troubling figures about legal aid, and it's no wonder. Legal aid is completely stretched thin as more people find themselves in the middle of desperate civil legal battles due to the…
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Health care tort "reform" arguments exposed as false, mythical
Barbara O'Brien's third and fourth parts to her series on the health care debate and tort "reform" are up and running and ready for you to read and debate. In part three, she highlights the…
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Obama goes pro-civil justice, hit's "undo" on preemption
This is, in a word, amazing. In an official memo released today, the Obama administration rolled back the effect of abusive implied federal preemption tactics like preemption by preamble, which is basically just a way…
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Obama Administration straddling fence on forced arbitration?
Where does the Obama administration stand on the issue of forced arbitration? Apparently, with one foot on each side of the line. Consumerist shared clips from their entertaining and informative interview with Austan Goolsbee, President…