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Treasury not commenting on trial lawyer tax break; Tort reform advocate calls it 'laughable'
Murnane WASHINGTON - Tort reform advocate Ed Murnane called a plan to give trial lawyers a contingency fee tax break without congressional approval "laughable." -
Sources: Trial lawyers expect tax break from Treasury Department
VANCOUVER, Canada - The nation's trial lawyer group, the American Association for Justice, revealed Tuesday that it expects the U.S. Department of Treasury to soon give its members a tax break on contingency fee lawsuits. -
Manhattan Institute probes lobbying efforts of lawyers
Copland NEW YORK - The Manhattan Institute's latest edition in its "Trial Lawyers, Inc.," series explores the effect the plaintiffs bar has on lawmakers at the state level and in Washington, D.C. -
Trial bar seeks to expand liability, end arbitration clauses
Tarricone WASHINGTON - The national trial lawyers group outlined its 2010 legislative agenda Monday, announcing that the group plans to take aim at mandatory arbitration clauses and push to expand civil liability, among other initiatives. -
U.S. trial bar still searching for its next leader
WASHINGTON - The nation's trial lawyer group is still looking for a new leader, or so an Internet posting by a leading executive recruitment firm indicates. -
Trial Lawyers v. America
There are thousands of good, honest trial lawyers in America -– men and women who represent the interests of their clients faithfully without trying to subvert the judicial system or shake down legitimate businesses and wreak havoc on our economy. -
Trial lawyers face tort reform 'danger zone' in health care overhaul, says lobbyist
SAN FRANCISCO - President Barack Obama's push for an overhaul of the nation's health care system could be stymied by Senate lawmakers, particularly moderate Democrats, the lobbyist for trial lawyers said. -
Lobbyist: AAJ looking to quietly pass plaintiff lawyer tax break
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal legislation that would afford trial lawyers a special tax break faces an uncertain future, says one of the chief lobbyists for the nation's trial lawyers. -
Nation's trial lawyers converge on San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Trial attorneys from around the country have converged on San Francisco for the next several days. -
Trial lawyers ask Obama to expand product liability
President-elect Obama WASHINGTON - A leading national group of trial lawyers Monday called on President-elect Barack Obama to repeal a bevy of regulations that limit corporate liability. -
Doctors In Chicago: The more the better
Chicago was crawling with doctors last week -- and the previous weekend – and that's a good thing. -
Trial Lawyers: Polls good for billion-dollar verdicts, bad for ranking legal fairness
Adomite The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform released its seventh-annual Harris Poll surveying senior attorneys at America's largest companies. Illinois ranked 46th overall, putting our state in the Top Five of worst legal climates. West Virginia ranked last and Delaware first, in case anyone is keeping track. -
Harris Poll ranks Illinois 46 out of 50; Madison County improved
Donohue Madison County's judicial system has improved, according to a national survey of corporate lawyers, but Illinois remains among the worst legal climates in the nation. -
Different name, same scary agenda
Travis Akin Each Halloween, Hollywood tries to find new and innovative ways to scare people. Whether it is the reincarnation of an old villain or the creation of a new one, scary movies have become a staple of the Halloween season. -
Trial lawyers are only winners in Illinois legislature
Despite the intense media interest and the equally intense "insider" interest in what has been going on (or not going on) in Illinois government this year, the reality is that most Illinois citizens aren't paying much attention and those who are are not surprised by inept government because they don't expect government to do much that is good. -
Plaintiffs' attorneys emboldened post election
Ed Murnane Signs that Madison and St. Clair county courts are being patronized by plaintiffs' lawyers with renewed energy since November's Democratic election sweep are popping up in new asbestos, class action and FELA filings. -
If it looks like a duck...
George Moran When the Association of Trial Lawyers of America renamed itself the "American Association for Justice," a renowned tort reform advocate remarked, "If a shark called itself a kitten fish I would still not put my daughter in to play with it." -
This is the business we have chosen
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America - ATLA - met in convention in Seattle during the week of July 17th. In an act of panic and unbelievable cowardice that would embarrass even the French, by a 2-1 margin ATLA's Board of Governors voted to drop "Trial Lawyers" from the name, changing to the "American Association for Justice." -
ATLA votes in favor of name change
The Association of American Trial Lawyers of America voted today to change its name to the American Association for Justice. -
Pawn shop
Holding their annual meeting of the minds this week in Seattle, leaders of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) are perplexed. How did it come to be that we mere mortals believe they are really only in it for the money?