ILR in the News
January 31, 2012
La Plaza |
January 31, 2012
Americans often think of lawsuit abuse as a problem associated with larger businesses. But small businesses bear a large portion of the lawsuit burden in the United States.
January 23, 2012
Reuters |
January 23, 2012
As the Justice Department has stepped up its enforcement of an anti-foreign bribery law, it has faced the expected stiff resistance from the business community. Now it faces the unexpected as courts are pushing back, too.
Denver Post |
January 23, 2012
Gary Chodes is an investor, but it is difficult to say in what. Chodes, who founded a Chicago-based company called Oasis Legal Finance, uses the courts like a venture capital market, advancing money to plaintiffs in lawsuits. When those lawsuits succeed with lucrative settlements or jury awards, Chodes makes his money back and then some. When they lose, he gets nothing.
January 17, 2012
Topeka Capital Journal |
January 17, 2012
A Shawnee County District Court judge last week dismissed Jesse Dimmick’s lawsuit against the couple he kidnapped in southwest Shawnee County. District Judge Franklin R. Theis dismissed the suit Jan. 9, according to the court’s website.
Tags: Kansas, Lawsuit Abuse Impact
January 4, 2012
Capitol-Journal |
January 4, 2012
A lawsuit filed by murder suspect Jesse Dimmick against a couple he kidnapped in southwest Shawnee County was voted “most ridiculous lawsuit” of 2011 by readers of the Faces of Lawsuit Abuse website.
Jersey Journal |
January 4, 2012
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute of Legal Reform published a list of 2011's most ridiculous lawsuits as compiled by FacesofLawsuitAbuse.org.
December 30, 2011
Overlawyered.com |
December 30, 2011
Listicles and award contests from around the blawgosphere.
Tags: Class Action, Lawsuit Abuse Impact
December 29, 2011
WLTX.com |
December 29, 2011
A lawsuit by a kidnapper against his victims for not helping him evade police tops the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform's (ILR) survey of the Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011, released today.
December 21, 2011
Point of Law Blog |
December 21, 2011
The Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuits against six top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced last week, are a seminal event.
Tags: Asbestos, Class Action, Illinois
December 19, 2011
Corporate Counsel |
December 19, 2011
A judge’s campaign contribution flap in the Madison County, Illinois, circuit court has led the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform to urge major changes in how the court handles asbestos cases.
