Recent News

July 9, 2010   ___
Small Businesses Pay 33% of Rising Tort Costs Out-of-Pocket
Insurance Journal

A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small businesses shoulder a sizable burden of the nation's tort liability costs, having paid $105.4 billion in 2008— a third of it out of their own ...
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June 28, 2010   ___
Legal costs are an issue for N.J. school budgets
By Marcus Rayner | New Jersey Newsroom

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
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June 21, 2010   ___
Appeal Bond Cap on the table in New Jersey
John O'Brien • Legal Newsline

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.
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June 17, 2010   ___
Testimony before the Assembly Appropriations Committee in support of A-2473, the Appeal Bond Cap
Marcus Rayner • Executive Director, NJLRA

NJLRA supports A-2473
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June 15, 2010   ___
Handlin, Rayner push to reform medical malpractice in N.J.
Andy Lagomarsino • New Jersey Newsroom

Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, and Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13), a co-sponsor of A-1982 representing Monmouth County, released the following statement ...
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June 7, 2010   ___
Testimony before the Women's Legislative Caucus
Marcus Rayner • Executive Director, NJLRA

Medicine bears the distinction of being both business and personal.  Too many promising medical students are becoming a casualty of our litigious health-care system.  In turn, it limits the number of specialized medical doctors
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