On March 22, 2012, the U.S. House passed a measure to limit attorney fees in medical malpractice cases. The legislation, H.R. 5 (pdf), passed on a largely partisan 223-181 vote. In...
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Missouri Considers One-Way "Loser Pays" Civil Justice System
February 22, 2012
Last week, the Missouri Legislature introduced a bill that would implement the so-called “loser pays” English Rule and undo centuries of jurisprudence under the American Rule in civil...
House GOP Targets Contingency Fees in State AGs Contracts
February 7, 2012
On February 2, 2012 the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on “Contingency Fees and Conflicts of Interest in State AG Enforcement of Federal...
Minnesota House Places Limits on Attorney Compensation
February 3, 2012
A recent Star Tribune story, “House Approves Changes to Laws on Lawsuits” reports that Republicans in the Minnesota House pushed through a series of so-called “tort reform”...
Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill Capping Attorney Fees into Law
December 8, 2011
Republican Governor Scott Walker signed a bill Wednesday designed to limit attorney compensation. The law, 2011 Wisconsin Act 92 (pdf), would require judges to award attorney fees to no more...
NALFA: Stop the Government Litigation Savings Act (H.R. 1996)
October 19, 2011
Last Tuesday, The Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law of the Judiciary Committee in the U.S. House held hearings on The Government Litigation Savings Act (H.R. 1996) (pdf). ...
GOP Seeks to Cap Attorney Fees Under EAJA
October 14, 2011
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on Oct. 11 as part of an effort to cap attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). The legislation, H.R. 1996...
NALFA: Wrong for Wisconsin to Cap Attorney Fees
October 11, 2011
A recent madison.com story, “Crime and Courts: More ‘Tort Reform’ Bills Coming From the GOP” reports that recent legislative efforts by Wisconsin State Sen. Rich Zipperer...
NALFA in the News: Quoted As Industry Source in Reuters News
September 23, 2011
A Thomson Reuters News story, “Cuomo Considering Law Change on Class Action Attorneys’ Fees”, reports that lawyers in New York who successful challenge class action settlements on...
Mississippi to Decide if Attorney Fees in Private Attorney General Cases Can Be Turned Over to the State
August 8, 2011
A recent GreenwichTime.com story, “Lawyer Fees Case Before Miss. Supreme Court” reports that Mississippi State Auditor Stacy Pickering (R) has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to...