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Order and the Court
NJ Business Matters, September 5, 2008 New Jersey’s tort system is increasingly hostile to business. The Pacific Research Institute ranked our tort climate 49th in the nation, Atlantic County was named a Judicial Hellhole, and companies have responded by increasing costs for consumer goods. Last year, CIANJ joined the New ...
Commentary
California Tobacco Control Program Wants More Money
I have spent (undoubtedly too much) time today struggling with a new article from the tobacconistas at the University of California, San Francisco’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, a group of scholars funded by tobacco taxes, which publishes research calling for more…..(you guessed it)…..tobacco taxes. But not only ...
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INSURANCE: Small business owners try to manage higher premiums.
Turns out, New York is really a red state. That’s according to the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that characterizes each state’s litigation climate by designating one of three colors to it — red, yellow or green. Red isn’t good. “New York’s liability climate ...
Commentary
Shill Here, Shill Now
The offshore drilling movement seems silly, but could it spark a smarter movement? “I taught in the second Earth Day,” Newt Gingrich recalled in Real Change, published in January, the most recent of his annual, not-quite-consistent handbooks for conservatives. As gas prices hovered around $3 per gallon, Gingrich told good ...
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U.S. Slipping in Tech Innovation
America’s position as a technology innovation leader–and hence a prime destination of venture capital funds–may be under threat. That’s the conclusion of a recent survey of venture capitalists at Deloitte and the National Venture Capital Association. The report shows regions in Europe and Asia are becoming competitive with the United ...
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Grassroots effort help stops ‘Lawyers Get Work Act’
Living in Illinois, it is hard to fathom how anyone could seriously think there are not enough lawsuits filed in our state. Just in the last few months, three nationwide studies have been released, and the results clearly confirm Illinois’ reputation as the “Lawsuit Capital of the Midwest.” One report ...
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Tennessee ranked best for business in tort liability study
Tennessee is the most business-friendly state when it comes to litigation, according to a new study. In its annual boardroom guide to state litigation climates, the American Justice Partnership Foundation listed Tennessee as the state with the lowest risks of lawsuits against business. The foundation, a group that advocates litigation ...
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Proposition 13 turns 30
Thirty years last ago Friday, on June 6, 1978, Californians passed Proposition 13, the “People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation.” It helped California homeowners, but is now blamed for many of the state’s woes. Owning a home has always been part of the American dream. During the latter part of ...
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Proposition 13 Turns 30: Why it’s still necessary, and why the pillage people still hate it
SACRAMENTO – Thirty years ago Friday, on June 6, 1978, Californians passed Proposition 13, the “People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation” that helped California homeowners but is now blamed for many state woes. Owning a home has always been part of the American dream. During the latter part of the ...
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Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
Facing a shortfall that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has estimated at $20 billion, Democratic lawmakers in the Capitol are looking for a way to raise tax revenue. They might want to adopt and modify an idea advocated by a conservative think tank – and increase tax revenue while lowering tax rates. ...
Order and the Court
NJ Business Matters, September 5, 2008 New Jersey’s tort system is increasingly hostile to business. The Pacific Research Institute ranked our tort climate 49th in the nation, Atlantic County was named a Judicial Hellhole, and companies have responded by increasing costs for consumer goods. Last year, CIANJ joined the New ...
California Tobacco Control Program Wants More Money
I have spent (undoubtedly too much) time today struggling with a new article from the tobacconistas at the University of California, San Francisco’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, a group of scholars funded by tobacco taxes, which publishes research calling for more…..(you guessed it)…..tobacco taxes. But not only ...
INSURANCE: Small business owners try to manage higher premiums.
Turns out, New York is really a red state. That’s according to the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that characterizes each state’s litigation climate by designating one of three colors to it — red, yellow or green. Red isn’t good. “New York’s liability climate ...
Shill Here, Shill Now
The offshore drilling movement seems silly, but could it spark a smarter movement? “I taught in the second Earth Day,” Newt Gingrich recalled in Real Change, published in January, the most recent of his annual, not-quite-consistent handbooks for conservatives. As gas prices hovered around $3 per gallon, Gingrich told good ...
U.S. Slipping in Tech Innovation
America’s position as a technology innovation leader–and hence a prime destination of venture capital funds–may be under threat. That’s the conclusion of a recent survey of venture capitalists at Deloitte and the National Venture Capital Association. The report shows regions in Europe and Asia are becoming competitive with the United ...
Grassroots effort help stops ‘Lawyers Get Work Act’
Living in Illinois, it is hard to fathom how anyone could seriously think there are not enough lawsuits filed in our state. Just in the last few months, three nationwide studies have been released, and the results clearly confirm Illinois’ reputation as the “Lawsuit Capital of the Midwest.” One report ...
Tennessee ranked best for business in tort liability study
Tennessee is the most business-friendly state when it comes to litigation, according to a new study. In its annual boardroom guide to state litigation climates, the American Justice Partnership Foundation listed Tennessee as the state with the lowest risks of lawsuits against business. The foundation, a group that advocates litigation ...
Proposition 13 turns 30
Thirty years last ago Friday, on June 6, 1978, Californians passed Proposition 13, the “People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation.” It helped California homeowners, but is now blamed for many of the state’s woes. Owning a home has always been part of the American dream. During the latter part of ...
Proposition 13 Turns 30: Why it’s still necessary, and why the pillage people still hate it
SACRAMENTO – Thirty years ago Friday, on June 6, 1978, Californians passed Proposition 13, the “People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation” that helped California homeowners but is now blamed for many state woes. Owning a home has always been part of the American dream. During the latter part of the ...
Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
Facing a shortfall that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has estimated at $20 billion, Democratic lawmakers in the Capitol are looking for a way to raise tax revenue. They might want to adopt and modify an idea advocated by a conservative think tank – and increase tax revenue while lowering tax rates. ...
