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Plaintiffs' attorneys are able to use experts from "outside the field" to testify against doctors in malpractice suits.

Legislation pending in New Jersey would limit the amount a losing party would have to post as a bond for its appeal to $50 million.

In recent months, school funding has been hotly debated by many sides. And the most infamous school litigation of the past two decades, Abbott vs. Burke, is routinely invoked as a major cost driver in education. Whether or not you support the New Jersey Supreme Court's decisions, which required equalized funding between the state's richest and poorest school districts, most of us acknowledge that school districts must look for ways to cut waste from their budgets.

What's often overlooked is the cumulative effect non-Abbott litigation has on school budgets.