Commentary
Commentary
Twilight of the Medieval Guilds? Scope of Practice Laws Examined
The California HealthCare Foundation, hardly a bunch of right-wing fanatics like us at PRI, has published a sober, but assertive, analysis of how California regulates the scope of practice of health professionals, along with recommendations for improvement. It’s written by scholars at the University of California, San Francisco’s Center for ...
Business & Economics
Study: Pa.’s Tort System Nearly The Worst
A policy institute yesterday released a report that ranked Pennsylvania’s legal climate the sixth worst in the nation in terms of both state policy and cost of litigation. The San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute compared the scope and impact of litigiousness on each state and determined that, judging by the ...
Business & Economics
Group ranks Nevada 36th in tort reform
A San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that supports limiting jury awards against corporations has ranked Nevada near the bottom in the nation for tort reforms. The Pacific Research Institute ranked Nevada as 36th in the nation for tort costs and litigation risks in its 2008 state-by-state study of tort reform. North ...
California
California Health Care: Learning from history for a healthier future
After folding on ABX 1 1, the governor now tries his hand at the state’s dwindling budget with desperate ideas to rescind tax credits and request more federal funds. As for health care, the legislature’s “new” approach is incremental change. There are few winning hands thus far. The publicity and ...
Business & Economics
Is N.C. a ‘sucker’ state?
A new report says North Carolina is a “sucker” because its legal climate is ripe for greedy lawyers seeking a payday. The report released Tuesday by the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco ranked each state’s tort-system using three measures, reports Titan Barksdale. Researchers at the institute say that although ...
Business & Economics
New study from PRI further documents economic performance tied directly to health of legal system
PRI’s Dr. Lawrence McQuillan joins AJP in this exclusive interview to discuss the new methodologies behind the 2008 Update to the US Tort Liability Index, originally released in 2006.
Commentary
Calls to Inaction? Three New Books on Health Reform
During 2007, some new books on health reform offered the same old message of single-payer, government-monopoly health care. Others offered market-based solutions but, unfortunately, rely too much on “top-down” technical innovation instead of “bottom-up” consumer preference to improve American health care. Three books not only show the wide spectrum of ...
Business & Economics
Report praises Colorado’s tort laws
A ranking released Tuesday says Colorado has the best tort laws in the nation. The ranking by the Pacific Research Institute of San Francisco compared the legal climates of each state in a report titled “U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report.” But the report classified Colorado as “salvageable” because of ...
Business & Economics
Illinois, NY among usual tort suspects in PRI study
Legal Newsline.com, March 11, 2008 Madison-St. Clair Record (IL), March 11, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Florida ranks worst in two key litigation-risk factors for business but will likely improve in future thanks to recent tort-reform measures, a nationwide study revealed today. The Pacific Research Institute’s 2008 U.S. Tort Liability Index ...
Business & Economics
Legal Costs, Driving Out Economic Growth
The Pacific Research Institute has just released its latest study on the civil litigation climates in each of the states, “U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report.” Indexwise, good news for North Dakota, bad news for Florida. The study takes a twofold approach toward assessing a state’s tort climate — its ...
Twilight of the Medieval Guilds? Scope of Practice Laws Examined
The California HealthCare Foundation, hardly a bunch of right-wing fanatics like us at PRI, has published a sober, but assertive, analysis of how California regulates the scope of practice of health professionals, along with recommendations for improvement. It’s written by scholars at the University of California, San Francisco’s Center for ...
Study: Pa.’s Tort System Nearly The Worst
A policy institute yesterday released a report that ranked Pennsylvania’s legal climate the sixth worst in the nation in terms of both state policy and cost of litigation. The San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute compared the scope and impact of litigiousness on each state and determined that, judging by the ...
Group ranks Nevada 36th in tort reform
A San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that supports limiting jury awards against corporations has ranked Nevada near the bottom in the nation for tort reforms. The Pacific Research Institute ranked Nevada as 36th in the nation for tort costs and litigation risks in its 2008 state-by-state study of tort reform. North ...
California Health Care: Learning from history for a healthier future
After folding on ABX 1 1, the governor now tries his hand at the state’s dwindling budget with desperate ideas to rescind tax credits and request more federal funds. As for health care, the legislature’s “new” approach is incremental change. There are few winning hands thus far. The publicity and ...
Is N.C. a ‘sucker’ state?
A new report says North Carolina is a “sucker” because its legal climate is ripe for greedy lawyers seeking a payday. The report released Tuesday by the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco ranked each state’s tort-system using three measures, reports Titan Barksdale. Researchers at the institute say that although ...
New study from PRI further documents economic performance tied directly to health of legal system
PRI’s Dr. Lawrence McQuillan joins AJP in this exclusive interview to discuss the new methodologies behind the 2008 Update to the US Tort Liability Index, originally released in 2006.
Calls to Inaction? Three New Books on Health Reform
During 2007, some new books on health reform offered the same old message of single-payer, government-monopoly health care. Others offered market-based solutions but, unfortunately, rely too much on “top-down” technical innovation instead of “bottom-up” consumer preference to improve American health care. Three books not only show the wide spectrum of ...
Report praises Colorado’s tort laws
A ranking released Tuesday says Colorado has the best tort laws in the nation. The ranking by the Pacific Research Institute of San Francisco compared the legal climates of each state in a report titled “U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report.” But the report classified Colorado as “salvageable” because of ...
Illinois, NY among usual tort suspects in PRI study
Legal Newsline.com, March 11, 2008 Madison-St. Clair Record (IL), March 11, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Florida ranks worst in two key litigation-risk factors for business but will likely improve in future thanks to recent tort-reform measures, a nationwide study revealed today. The Pacific Research Institute’s 2008 U.S. Tort Liability Index ...
Legal Costs, Driving Out Economic Growth
The Pacific Research Institute has just released its latest study on the civil litigation climates in each of the states, “U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report.” Indexwise, good news for North Dakota, bad news for Florida. The study takes a twofold approach toward assessing a state’s tort climate — its ...
