AAJ urges House lawmakers to reject med-mal reform bill 
Published: March 18, 2012
Tags: AAJ, Congress, damages caps, H.R. 5, HEALTH Act, medical malpractice
WASHINGTON – As House lawmakers prepare this week to vote on a bill that would cap non-economic damages in medical negligence cases at $250,000 and repeal part of the federal health care law, members of the nation’s largest trial lawyer lobby group stepped up their efforts to thwart the measure.
PI lawyers get some guidance on settlement reporting
Published: October 26, 2011
Tags: AAJ, American Association for Justice, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Medicare, Medicare reporting, Medicare Secondary Payer
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made some changes to help lawyers settle personal injury cases and address “secondary payer” reimbursement to Medicare.
Deadline unites foes over PI settlement reporting rule
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: September 19, 2011
Tags: AAJ, American Association for Justice, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Medicare, Medicare lien, Medicare reporting, Medicare Secondary Payer Act, Medicare set-aside
A looming deadline that will require reporting of personal injury settlements to Medicare has united trial lawyers who are normally adversaries in personal injury cases.
Who reigned Supreme?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: AAJ, business, plaintiffs, Suprmeme Court, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Each June when the U.S. Supreme Court wraps up its term, the same question is asked in legal circles: who won more – businesses or plaintiffs? But this year, no one could agree.
House committee approves medical malpractice caps
Published: May 12, 2011
Tags: AAJ, American Association for Justice, damages caps, medical malpractice, non-economic damages, tort reform, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved a medical malpractice reform bill that would place a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages.
Bill would limit secrecy in product liability cases
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 17, 2011
Tags: AAJ, ABA, American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, confidentiality, product liability, Sunshine in Litigation Act
WASHINGTON – A bill that would restrict the documents that can be placed under court-ordered seal in product liability cases has been filed in the House.
Lawmakers press administration on med-mal reform
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 1, 2011
Tags: AAJ, Congress, medical mapractice, President Obama, tort reform
WASHINGTON – Days after President Barack Obama said during his State of the Union address that he would consider medical malpractice reform measures as a way to reign in health care costs, the secretary of Health and Human Services said she would submit an outline of the parameters of that plan to lawmakers.
Obama suggests med-mal reform to cut health care costs
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 25, 2011
Tags: AAJ, Congress, medical mapractice, President Obama, tort reform
WASHINGTON – During his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama said he would consider tort reform measures to curb frivolous malpractice litigation in an effort to control the nation’s health care costs.
Will 2011 be the year when Congress passes tort reform?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: December 29, 2010
Tags: AAJ, ATRA, Congress, medical malpractice, tort reform, White House
WASHINGTON – The recent gains by congressional Republicans – capturing control of the House and slimming the Democrats’ majority in the Senate – mean that 2011 could be the year for the kind of change that is the bane of trial attorney groups: tort reform.
AAJ responds to annual “judicial hellholes” report
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: December 17, 2010
Tags: AAJ, ATRA, judicial hellholes, tort reform
The American Tort Reform Association has issued its latest judicial hellholes report, naming civil courts in Philadelphia; California’s Los Angeles and Humboldt counties; West Virginia; South Florida; Cook County, Illinois; and Clark County, Nevada as some of the worst in the nation.
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