Lawrence J. McQuillan
Business & Economics
Lawyers gone wild are killing our economy
Part one of a three-part series. Jackpot Justice – Lawyers Gone Wild from Nicholas Tucker on Vimeo. It’s a dangerous world. At least, that’s what the warning labels on common consumer products would lead us to believe. The kitchen knife package cautions against juggling knives. The superhero costume warns that ...
Business & Economics
Tort reform would bring much-needed jobs to state
Montana may be called the Treasure State, but its economy continues to struggle, with an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent. If lawmakers want to put people back to work, without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus,” they can enact desperately needed lawsuit reforms. In the newly released U.S.TortLiabilityIndex:2010Report, Montana ranks ...
Business & Economics
How Lawsuit Reform Could Help California Recover
SACRAMENTO—California is staring down the barrel of a $19 billion budget deficit, huge debt, and an unemployment rate in excess of 12 percent. Legislators can help the state recover by enacting the lawsuit reforms California desperately needs. The quality of California’s civil-justice tort climate ranks a dismal 41st out of ...
Business & Economics
Here’s One Way States Can Create Jobs
(Aug 2) — Politicians have spent billions on so-called stimulus and bailouts, yet today’s unemployment rate is two times greater than in January 2008. If states are looking for a way to boost employment, a good place to start would be reining in lawsuit abuse — commonly called tort reform. ...
Business & Economics
How lawsuit reform could jump-start Illinois’ economy
The Illinois economy continues to struggle, with an unemployment rate of 11.5 percent, near the highest in the nation. If lawmakers want to put people back to work, without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus,” they can enact desperately needed lawsuit reforms. In the newly released U.S. Tort Liability Index: ...
Business & Economics
Without legal reform, economic growth evades Nevada
State’s poor civil-justice tort climate drives away businesses and entrepreneurs Nevada’s economy continues to struggle. Its unemployment rate is 14 percent, the highest in the nation. If lawmakers want to put people back to work — without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus” — they can enact desperately needed lawsuit ...
Business & Economics
Lawsuit reform could boost state economy
Michigan’s economy continues to struggle, with an unemployment rate of 14.1%, highest in the nation. If lawmakers want to put people back to work, without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus,” they can enact desperately needed lawsuit reforms. In the newly released U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2010 Report, Michigan ranks ...
Business & Economics
‘Tort threat’ is a tri-state jobs-killer
New Jersey and New York are the worst states in America when it comes to the “tort threat” — the bur den imposed by personal-injury lawsuits and related litigation. And Connecticut’s not far behind. Tri-state lawmakers looking for economic stimulus ought to take another look at tort reform. The US ...
Business & Economics
Medical malpractice back on the table?
A spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association, Darren McKinney, suggested that those estimates are too low and pointed to other studies that have found more significant potential for savings. Lawrence McQuillan of the Pacific Research Institute, for example, has suggested that defensive medicine costs $191 billion a year, which ...
Lawyers gone wild are killing our economy
Part one of a three-part series. Jackpot Justice – Lawyers Gone Wild from Nicholas Tucker on Vimeo. It’s a dangerous world. At least, that’s what the warning labels on common consumer products would lead us to believe. The kitchen knife package cautions against juggling knives. The superhero costume warns that ...
Tort reform would bring much-needed jobs to state
Montana may be called the Treasure State, but its economy continues to struggle, with an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent. If lawmakers want to put people back to work, without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus,” they can enact desperately needed lawsuit reforms. In the newly released U.S.TortLiabilityIndex:2010Report, Montana ranks ...
How Lawsuit Reform Could Help California Recover
SACRAMENTO—California is staring down the barrel of a $19 billion budget deficit, huge debt, and an unemployment rate in excess of 12 percent. Legislators can help the state recover by enacting the lawsuit reforms California desperately needs. The quality of California’s civil-justice tort climate ranks a dismal 41st out of ...
Here’s One Way States Can Create Jobs
(Aug 2) — Politicians have spent billions on so-called stimulus and bailouts, yet today’s unemployment rate is two times greater than in January 2008. If states are looking for a way to boost employment, a good place to start would be reining in lawsuit abuse — commonly called tort reform. ...
How lawsuit reform could jump-start Illinois’ economy
The Illinois economy continues to struggle, with an unemployment rate of 11.5 percent, near the highest in the nation. If lawmakers want to put people back to work, without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus,” they can enact desperately needed lawsuit reforms. In the newly released U.S. Tort Liability Index: ...
Without legal reform, economic growth evades Nevada
State’s poor civil-justice tort climate drives away businesses and entrepreneurs Nevada’s economy continues to struggle. Its unemployment rate is 14 percent, the highest in the nation. If lawmakers want to put people back to work — without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus” — they can enact desperately needed lawsuit ...
Lawsuit reform could boost state economy
Michigan’s economy continues to struggle, with an unemployment rate of 14.1%, highest in the nation. If lawmakers want to put people back to work, without costing taxpayers another penny for “stimulus,” they can enact desperately needed lawsuit reforms. In the newly released U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2010 Report, Michigan ranks ...
‘Tort threat’ is a tri-state jobs-killer
New Jersey and New York are the worst states in America when it comes to the “tort threat” — the bur den imposed by personal-injury lawsuits and related litigation. And Connecticut’s not far behind. Tri-state lawmakers looking for economic stimulus ought to take another look at tort reform. The US ...
Medical malpractice back on the table?
A spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association, Darren McKinney, suggested that those estimates are too low and pointed to other studies that have found more significant potential for savings. Lawrence McQuillan of the Pacific Research Institute, for example, has suggested that defensive medicine costs $191 billion a year, which ...
