For the past several years, our reports have highlighted the many issues surrounding lawsuit funding and third-party litigation financing. But
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Plaintiffs’ attorneys like to give impassioned courthouse-steps speeches about the importance of fair trials and the sanctity of the judicial
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A Georgia jury returned a $1.7 billion punitive damage verdict against Ford, finding that the company wantonly sold millions of
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In an effort to stop the continued divergence in approaches to Daubert rulings among U.S. circuit courts, ATRA filed an
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On March 15, 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned a Georgia Court of Appeals decision stating Snapchat did not owe
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New York is experiencing a surge of “nuclear verdicts” in cases ranging from premise liability to medical malpractice. These are
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Today, April 5, 2021, ATRA joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a petition for certiorari in a talcum powder case that initially resulted in an
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In an effort to curb the excessive litigation and verdicts arising out of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, ATRA
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This week, Johnson & Johnson requested the U.S. Supreme Court review a landmark talcum powder case which resulted in the
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the current #1 Judicial Hellhole, continued to worsen the state’s civil justice climate with yet another
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Activity in state legislatures across the country is starting to ramp up as legislators look to tackle a variety of
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There is a growing trend across the nation of state courts in “Judicial Hellholes” rejecting U.S. Supreme Court precedent and
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This piece was originally published by the Washington Times. For those across the country who fear potential lawsuits in the
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Yesterday, October 22, 2020, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania openly defied the U.S. Supreme Court in Hammons v. Ethicon. This was the state high court’s first
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In the July 23 “Five Myths” Outlook feature, Professor Jay Feinman’s “Five myths about lawsuits” made a passing reference to the
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On February 5, 2020, Judge Ronald Wilson of Kanawha County trial court issued an order that expressly acknowledged “abuse” in his
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ATRA is encouraged by Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Kenneth Powell’s decision to slash the $8 billion punitive damages
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A new report highlights the worst local courts and states for abuses of the civil justice system, with the Top
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The first bellwether trial in the opioid multi-district litigation was scheduled to begin today, October 21 in Ohio. However, prior
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Once a national leader in enacting fair and balanced civil justice reform for plaintiffs and defendants, Oklahoma, regrettably, has become
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On May 17, 2019, a group of 18 State Attorneys General submitted an amicus brief in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
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