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January 16, 2012   ___
Protecting Pharma
By Marcus Rayner | To the Editor, NJBIZ

The HealthCare Institute of New Jersey recently released its annual economic impact survey, which found that the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries had a $24.2 billion impact on New Jersey's economy last year ("Pharma strong, but N.J. says it's no time to rest," Jan. 9).


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January 3, 2012   ___
Opinion: N.J. small-business entrepreneurs face challenging costs of liability insurance
By Marcus Rayner | The Times of Trenton

Here in New Jersey, it's no secret that the private sector is struggling to create jobs. The state continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the region more than three years after the economic downturn began.


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October 28, 2011   ___
Association says tort reform would encourage business growth in N.J.
By Melinda Caliendo | NJBIZ

If New Jersey follows states like Texas and South Carolina in reforming its tort laws, the New Jersey Law Reform Association said, thousands of jobs can be created.


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September 15, 2011   ___
N.J. lawmaker has problem with Supreme Court decision
By John O'Brien | Legal Newsline, 9/15/11

A recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court has the potential to decimate the hospitality industry, Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan said Wednesday.

Two bills have been introduced in the state Legislature that seek to overturn the court's decision in Voss v. Tranquilino, which held that a restaurant customer ...
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July 23, 2011   ___
Warren Township whistle-blower suit exposes NJ's problematic legal climate
By Marcus Rayner | To the Editor, The Star-Ledger

Warren Township previously ranked in CNNMoney.com as one of the best places to live in the United States. The fact that a single judgment can absorb an eighth of its entire budget, however, threatens that status and its budgetary priorities.


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July 6, 2011   ___
Op-Ed: Legislation is necessary to limit suits in New Jersey
By Marcus Rayner | The Star-Ledger

Pleading guilty to a DUI charge might prompt most people to accept responsibility for endangering themselves and others.  In a nod to how notions of personal responsibility - and our courts' appetite for lawsuits - have changed, Voss took Tiffany's restaurant and Kristoffe Tranquilino, the driver of the car he hit, to court. 


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