http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/ news en admin@foundationforfairciviljustice.org Copyright 2010 2010-04-21T17:23:02+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/13th_annual_wacky_warning_labels_contest_winners_selected_on_national_telev/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/13th_annual_wacky_warning_labels_contest_winners_selected_on_national_telev/#When:09:39:04Z The winners are in – and the list is crazier than ever!  The 13th annual Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest, which reaches tens of millions of Americans each year, entertains and alarms the nation about the lawsuit-happy culture and the lengths to which companies must go to avoid lawsuits.  Here are the winners, as selected by the studio audience for “Stossel” on FOX Business Network, which first aired on July 8. Homepage, Small and Family Business, Entrepreneurs, Non Profits, Consumer, Medical Patients, Retirees, Local Government 2010-07-12T09:39:04+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/13th_Wacky_Warning_Labels/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/13th_Wacky_Warning_Labels/#When:17:23:02Z The internationally recognized Wacky Warning Label Contest – this year, it’s bigger than ever – and more hilarious and important than ever!  Last year, contest results reached more than 150 million Americans via international media coverage.  Wacky Warning Labels is a project of the Foundation for Fair Civil Justice, a dynamic coalition of thought leaders providing education tools to empower the American people for common sense legal reform. 2010-04-21T17:23:02+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/bigger_than_ever_-_and_more_hilarious_and_important_than_ever_2010_wacky_wa/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/bigger_than_ever_-_and_more_hilarious_and_important_than_ever_2010_wacky_wa/#When:14:19:21Z The 2010 Wacky Warning Label Contest is fast approaching! Contest creator Bob Dorigo Jones, bestselling author of Remove Child Before Folding:  The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever, has reached more than 150 million Americans in the past decade with the important message of the WWL Annual Contest -  “Absurd and silly labels surround us in everyday places – because America has a lawsuit-happy culture that must be changed!” 2010-04-07T14:19:21+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/ffcj_forbes.com_spotlights_ffcjs_legal_liability_toolkit_tutorials/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/ffcj_forbes.com_spotlights_ffcjs_legal_liability_toolkit_tutorials/#When:15:31:01Z Without waiting for legislation to end lawsuit abuses‚ FFCJ is helping business and nonprofits to avoid mistakes that attract lawsuits.  Each of the five free online Legal Liability Toolkit Tutorials use 20 scenario to familiarize users with liability principles and legal requirements. The tutorials were prepared and reviewed by experienced trial lawyers. Small and Family Business, Entrepreneurs, Non Profits, Consumer 2010-02-01T15:31:01+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/american_tort_reform_foundation_releases_2009_hellholes_report/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/american_tort_reform_foundation_releases_2009_hellholes_report/#When:17:20:41Z WASHINGTON, D.C., December 15, 2009 – The American Tort Reform Foundation today released its annual Judicial Hellholes® report, naming some of the nation’s “most unfair civil court jurisdictions,” including first-time “Hellholes” New York City and the appellate courts of New Mexico, which join perennials South Florida, West Virginia, Cook County, Illinois, and Atlantic County, New Jersey. 2010-01-04T17:20:41+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/graham_chambliss_address_medical_malpractice_with_loser_pays_reform/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/graham_chambliss_address_medical_malpractice_with_loser_pays_reform/#When:19:55:33Z WASHINGTON – United States Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) today introduced ‘Loser Pays’ legislation to decrease the number of frivolous lawsuits that increase the cost of medical care. “Reform of medical malpractice is one of the key, missing ingredients from the health care reform proposals being debated in Congress,” said Senator Graham “A ‘Loser Pays’ system is one of the best devices available to prevent frivolous lawsuits from costing all of us.  When both parties in a lawsuit are subject to financial penalty, people think longer and harder about bringing a questionable case forward.  Most western nations already have a ‘Loser Pays’ rule, and it is time our own country adopts this concept.” Health Care, Homepage, Medical Patients 2009-11-03T19:55:33+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/new_report_boosts_backers_of_lawsuit_reform/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/new_report_boosts_backers_of_lawsuit_reform/#When:12:52:05Z WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Limiting medical malpractice lawsuits could save the U.S. government $54 billion over a decade, congressional budget analysts said on Friday in a report that could boost a Republican push to include lawsuit reform in President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul. Capping awards for non-economic and punitive damages along with other reforms would reduce doctors’ malpractice insurance premiums and defensive medicine practices for government health programs, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said in a letter to Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. Health Care, Homepage, Medical Patients 2009-10-19T12:52:05+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/whocanisue.com_aggressively_seeks_plantiffs/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/whocanisue.com_aggressively_seeks_plantiffs/#When:20:41:44Z Have you been bitten by a vicious dog? Been the victim of a surgical mishap? A sexual assault on a cruise ship? There’s a lawyer waiting for your call. Boca Raton, Fla.-based whocanisue.com has scores of billboards and bus-shelter signs showing a lawyer slipping on a banana peel. The service matches Web site visitors with lawyers in a quick-and-easy form that takes just minutes to complete. Plaintiff Bar, Homepage 2009-10-13T20:41:44+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/pension_pay-to-play_law_firms_gave_controllers_big_bucks_then_got_518m_in_f/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/pension_pay-to-play_law_firms_gave_controllers_big_bucks_then_got_518m_in_f/#When:12:53:20Z ALBANY - Lawyers representing the state pension fund in class-action suits have raked in $518.7million in fees over the past 10 years, records show. The hefty payouts, contingent on winning, are the main reason securities law firms have donated big bucks to state controllers over the years, critics contend. “There is a problem with pay-to-play,” Columbia Law School Prof. John Coffee said. “The plaintiff law firms know that to be considered to be on the list of eligible firms, they have to ante up.” Plaintiff Bar, Local Government 2009-10-08T12:53:20+00:00 http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/activists_sue_texas_to_restrict_greenhouse_gases/ http://www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org/news/in_depth/activists_sue_texas_to_restrict_greenhouse_gases/#When:13:02:29Z DALLAS (AP)—Environmental activists sued the Texas environmental agency Tuesday in an effort to force the state to regulate greenhouse gases, asking that coal-fired power plant projects be halted until that happens. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issues air pollution permits that set limits on toxic releases, but the agency says there is no need to regulate carbon dioxide. Texas emits more greenhouse gases, made up mostly of CO2 emissions, than any other state. The lawsuit by Public Citizen—which describes itself as a consumer advocacy organization—calls for greenhouse gas limits to be imposed as part of the permitting process, based on a 2007 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that classified carbon dioxide as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Global Warming, Homepage 2009-10-07T13:02:29+00:00