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Jeff Cunningham
Directorship
Magazine and Directorship.com
Jeff
Cunningham, publisher of Directorship Magazine, joins
CFA's Kristyn Shayon to talk about the 2008 Boardroom
Guide to State Legal Climates, featured in the June/July
Edition of the magazine.
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Dr. Lawrence McQuillan
Pacific Research
Institute
In this CFA
exclusive interview, Dr. McQuillan joins CFA's Kristyn
Shayon to talk about the newly released
US Tort Liability Index:
2008 Report,
and the updated methodologies used to assemble the two
rankings produced by the study.
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Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson
Texas Supreme Court
In this
candid interview, Chief Justice Jefferson of the Texas
Supreme Court, one of the most highly regarded jurists
in the nation, talks with CFA's Kristyn Shayon about the role of the
judiciary and the Supreme Court. He discusses how
Justices approach the research and analysis of cases that
come before the Court and what thought process goes into the
final opinion.
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Chief Justice Cliff Taylor
Michigan Supreme
Court
The Wall Street Journal has called the
Michigan Supreme Court the “finest court in the land.” In this
interview, CFA's Kristyn Shayon discusses with Michigan’s Chief Justice
Cliff Taylor some of the factors which must have been considered by the
Journal before making such a statement.
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Attorney General Bob McDonnell
Commonwealth of
Virginia
Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell
joins Kristyn Shayon to talk
about "the terrific tort climate" in Virginia. His common sense approach
to the application of justice has helped give Virginia a top ten ranking
in several major surveys and reports of all fifty states.
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Senator Glenn Coffee
Oklahoma State
Senate
Senator Coffee, Republican
Majority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate and a nine-year leader of legal reform legislation, talks with CFA's Kristyn
Shayon about this year's comprehensive legal reform bill and the stunning
last-minute flip-flop by Governor Brad Henry.
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Senator Charlie Ross
Mississippi State
Senate
In this interview, Senator Ross gives us the behind the
scenes look at just how close Mississippi came to a complete
breakdown of the civil justice system, and the ensuing campaign
for comprehensive legal reform that involved significant efforts
from the business, medical and legislative communities alike.
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Lew
Ebert
President
North Carolina
Chamber
Lew Ebert,
President,
The North Carolina Chamber,
joins us to talk about the 2007 legislative session, and the
business community's success in turning back the trial bar's
efforts to extend the statute of repose. He shares his insight
on the importance of coalition among business leaders in the
fight for legal reform, as well as the importance of the health
of the legal climate for job creation.
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Dick Rush
President
State Chamber of Oklahoma
Richard Rush, President and CEO,
shares an insider's view into the historic passage of legal
reform by both the Oklahoma House and Senate after 21 years of
determined effort. Dick talk about Governor Brad Henry's ultimate veto of
the bill
on and what it means for Oklahomans. Listen to his report on
plans to bring the bill back in the 2008 session with even
greater support.
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George Christian
President
Texas Civil Justice League
TCJL president George Christian joins
CFA to review the successes and setbacks of the
2007 legislative session in Texas. He shares his
views on the continuing battle for sensibility and
fairness in the legal climate in a state that has
been ahead of many others in enacting common sense
reform.
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Ed Murnane
President
Illinois Civil Justice League
Ed Murnane
joins Kristyn Shayon to recap the successful efforts
of ICJL in the 2007 legislative session in taking on
a uniquely aggressive trial, as well as some behind
the scenes understanding of several of ICJL's
ongoing initiatives.
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William Large
President
Florida Justice Reform Institute
Florida Justice Reform
Institute president William Large joins CFA's
Kristyn Shayon to review the prognosis of
Florida's legal climate at the conclusion of the
2007 legislative session.
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Philip
Howard
Founder and Chair
Common Good
Philip Howard, Common
Good Founder and Chair, joins Kristyn Shayon for
this special edition of Partner Spotlight. On May
24, 2007, bipartisan bills were introduced into both
houses of Congress to create pilot projects that
will improve medical justice - including the
creation of special health courts.
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Fighting to Save Lives
Dr. James Tayoun
The Patients and
Physicians Alliance
Dr. James Tayoun, founding member of
PAPA, joins CFA's Kristyn Shayon to talk about why he helped
found PAPA, and he explains why frivolous lawsuits are
threatening the lives of Pennsylvania's patients and sending the
state's health care system into a crisis situation.
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Protecting
Business' Victory In Georgia
Shannon Goessling
Southeastern Legal Foundation
Shannon discusses the
importance of protecting the legal reform gains of the 2005
legislative session in Georgia from the trial bar's offensive in
the courts, and shares with us the current legal reform
priorities of Southeastern Legal Foundation.
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CFA's Victims
Project
Bob Dorigo-Jones
Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch
Bob talks with
Partner Spotlight about one of CFA's newest initiatives to bring
to light the stories of legitimate victims of lawsuit abuse.
Bob, President of Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, and lead
coordinator of the Victim's Project, takes us step by step
through the collection process and shares some of the stories
that have been uncovered thus far.
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Class Actions in
California
John Sullivan
Civil
Justice Association of California
John joins us to
discuss the current status of several class action suits
recently filed in California, as well as the activities of CJAC
mid-election season.
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Victory in Florida
Renee Giachino
Center
for Individual Freedom
Renee explains the
victory in enacting reforms to Joint & Several Liability
statutes in Florida
earlier this year, and discusses the current activities of the
Center for Individual Freedom.
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Reforming Kansas
Lew Ebert,
President,
The Kansas Chamber of
Commerce, joins us to talk about the current
legal reform initiatives of the Chamber.
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CFIF and
the FAIR Act
Please Note:
Asbestos
legislation S 852 being debated in Congress is supported by
some, opposed by others in the business community. The CFA has
taken no position on the bill. We are posting CFIF activities on
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Renee
Giachino, Corporate Counsel and Senior Vice President of the
Center for Individual
Freedom, talks about CFIF's involvement in the
current asbestos trust fund debate, and her perspective on the
importance of the FAIR Act.
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Bringing Prosperity to
Oklahoma
Richard Rush, President and CEO,
Oklahoma State Chamber,
joins us to talk about the success of the Prosperity Project,
and what lies ahead for the Oklahoma State Chamber's legal
reform initiatives.
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Ohio's Pending Election
Cycle
Jeff Longstreth,
Executive Director,
Ohio Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse discusses the
upcoming election cycle in Ohio, and the prognosis for
protecting past legal reform victories.
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Curing the "Crisis"
Cam Crawford,
Executive Director,
South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition talks about the
"crisis" of workers compensation in South Carolina, and what
legal reform advocates are doing about it.
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Defining the Direction of
Reform in the Courts
Ed Murnane, President,
Illinois Civil Justice
League, looks closely at the recent Illinois
Supreme Court decision to reverse the $10 billion award against
Philip Morris.
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"Give Me a Break!"
John Stossel,
award winning consumer reporter with ABCNews' 20/20 joins CFA
Chairman
Steve Hantler in an exclusive interview about his
new book, and his thoughts on the desperate need for legal
reform.
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Understanding Trial
Lawyers, Inc. Healthcare
Jim Copland,
Director,
Center for Legal Policy
at
The Manhattan
Institute gives us an in depth look at the newest report
in the Trial Lawyers, Inc series - Trial Lawyers, Inc.
Healthcare.
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Protecting Legal Reform
Gains in Georgia
George Israel, III,
President and CEO,
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
shares the challenges currently facing the newly enacted legal
reform package in Georgia's Supreme Court.
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Maintaining Reform
Victories in Texas
Ralph Wayne,
President,
Texas Civil Justice League
joins us to discuss the recent legislative victories for tort
reform in the Lone Star state.
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Helping Florida Business Fight
for Legal Reform
Barney T. Bishop,
III,
President,
Associated Industries of
Florida shares his thoughts on the role of
Florida's diverse business community in creating comprehensive
tort reform.
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Shaping the Landscape for
Reform
Mark Wilson,
now President of the
Florida Chamber of Commerce,
talks with us about the many faceted fight for civil justice
reform in Florida, and shares his insight on the failures and
successes of the 2005 legislative session.
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Building a Partnership
Approach, Part 2
Dan Pero,
President of CFA, joins us for part 2 of a 3
part interview and talks about dealing with the political
realities of the fight for legal reform at the state level.
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Building
Support from Washington Business
Don Brunell,
President of the Association of Washington Business talks with
us about the formation of AWB, and the outlook for legal reform
within the diverse business community.
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Working
Toward Success in Ohio
Jeff
Longstreth, Executive Director of the Ohio Citizens Against
Lawsuit Abuse gives us a one on one look at the legal climate in
Ohio, and discusses the genesis of OCALA.
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Reforming
California
John
Sullivan, President of the Civil Justice Association of
California joins the program to talk about the success of
Proposition 64, as well as current initiatives at CJAC.
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Creating
Success at the Grassroots Level
Bob
Dorigo-Jones, President of
Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch,
discusses the importance of grassroots action in the fight for
legal reform, as well as the current activities of the organization.
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Turning Research into Reform
Sally Pipes,
President of Pacific Research Institute
brings critical insight into the need legal reform at the state
level, and presents some exciting new projects which are
currently underway at PRI.
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Building a Partnership
Approach
Dan Pero,
President of CFA, describes his 25 year
career in political organizing and describes how CFA brings
resources to partners to help them with legal reform in the
states.
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Reforming
Court Rules
Walt Sinclair,
President of
Lawyers
for Civil Justice joins us to talk about the
genesis of LCJ, and the organization's efforts to deal with such
top priorities as e-discovery rules and junk science rules.
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Medical Monitoring and
Separation of Powers
Leah Lorber, of
Counsel with Shook, Hardy & Bacon joins us to discuss the
ramifications of the recent Michigan Supreme Courts Ruling
in Henry v. Dow.
Read her
Op-Ed.
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Creating Successful Reform
Legislation
Kristin Armshaw,
Director of the
Civil Justice Task Force at the
American
Legislative Exchange Council, talks about the
Disorder in the Courts project and the Jury Patriotism
Act.
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Pulling Illinois Out of the
"Hellhole"
Ed
Murnane,
President,
Illinois Civil Justice
League, shares his view on the importance of
legal reform in Illinois, and discusses the projects ICJL is
currently working to further their reform goals.
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Success in South Carolina
Cam Crawford,
Executive Director, South Carolinians for Tort Reform,
joins us to discuss the legislative victories in South Carolina
during the most recent legislative session, and the
coalition that was the key to success.
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Fixing the
Hellholes
Tiger Joyce, President, American Tort Reform Association,
joins us for a behind-the-scenes look at the strategy driving the
Judicial Hellholes
project. Find out how Madison County attorneys rewarded
Joyce for his first visit to their jurisdiction.
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Understanding the Trust Fund
In this interview,
Marshall Manson, Vice President of Public Affairs at the
Center for Individual Freedom talks with us about the impact the
asbestos trust fund will have on the battle against frivolous
asbestos claims. Learn how small businesses
will truly be protected from such frivolous lawsuits in the
future.
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Grading the Nation's Trial
Lawyers
Jim Copland,
Director of the Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan
Institute joins us to discuss the release of
Trial Lawyers, Inc.
reports nationwide, and most recently in California. Hear the
strategy behind the project, and just what attracted Copland to
select the state of California for the first state report.
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Winning Reform in Georgia
Shannon
Goessling, Executive Director of the Southeastern Legal
Foundation, shares the winning strategy behind the passage of
comprehensive civil justice reform in Georgia this year. Learn
how several large groups, all with special interest in the
legislation, were able to come together to assist in its
successful passage.
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