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    2010-2011 Supreme Court Term, Attorneys Panel

    Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal and other legal scholars reviewed the 2010-2011 Supreme Court term. Topics included Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the impact of Justice Elena Kagan, and upcoming ca…

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    Health Care Legislation

    The panel talked about health care reform from a conservative perspective. They criticized the policies advocated by Democrats. Topics included the viability of public option insurance, qual…

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    Defective Products and Corporate Accountability

    The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on defective products and corporate accountability. Lawyers for plaintiffs in liability lawsuits, consumer advocates, and manufacturing industry…

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    Ranking of Courts in the U.S.

    Officials released a report by the American Tort Reform Association on the worst courts in the U.S. Among the issues they addressed were the amount of time spent by courts on seemingly frivo…

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    Lawsuits Against the Food Industry

    The House Judiciary Subcommittee met with legal, food industry, and consumer experts testified for and against the Personal Responsibility and Food Consumption Act, legislation that would pr…

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    Gun Manufacturer Liability and Criminal Use

    The American Bar Association held a forum on the liability of gun manufacturers for failure to install safety devices that would prevent many gun accidents. They also examined past and curre…

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    Liability for Gun Manufacturers

    The panelists took positions in favor and in opposition to the issue of gun control. Issues concerning improved safeguards were discussed as well as how those safeguards apply to law enforce…

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    Lobbyists and the Public Interest

    As part of a symposium on “The Role of Ethics and Gender in Government Relations,” the panelists discussed the topic, “Can Lobbyists Ever Serve the Public’s Interest?” They also talked abou…

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    Product Liability

    Committee members heard testimony concerning proposed changes in product liability law which would restrict litigation possibilities in such cases. The legislation, House Resolution 10, is p…

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    Inside Look at a Washington Law Firm

    A C-SPAN produced program examined the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge. Typical of many Washington D.C. law firms the program included the firm’s workings and with attorneys…

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    Republican Platform Hearing: Legal Reform

    The Republican National Platform Committee continued to hear testimony from members of special interest groups and scholars during its daylong hearing on issues being considered for inclusio…

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    Smoking Liability: Cipollone v. Liggett

    Representatives that argued before the Supreme Court in the case of Cipollone v. Liggett Group responded to questions from reporters outside the Supreme Court. The case involved whether toba…

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    Punitive Damages: Pacific Mutual v. Haslip

    Participants in the case Pacific Mutual v. Haslip met with reporters after arguments on the case was heard by the Supreme Court. The Court was asked in the case to determine whether extremel…

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    Costs and Availability of Insurance

    Witnesses testified on the cost and availability of liability insurance. This was the second day of hearings.

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