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Speaking truth to power
Interview with Joanne Doroshow
The executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy
explains how her organization and others have joined trial lawyers
in preserving Americans' right to hold wrongdoers accountable.
Slay the beast of 'reform' rhetoric
Have you been blindsided by a relative, an acquaintance, or
a press report lambasting "greedy" trial lawyers and
"frivolous" lawsuits? Don't fight the "reform"
dragons unarmed: Use these quick facts to silence them with
a single stroke.
Keep the courts free and fair
Bert Brandenberg
Judges are under increasing scrutiny—and sometimes outright
attack. Business groups spend millions to influence judicial
elections, and politicians use coercive tactics to keep judges
in line. A new state-by-state campaign is working to keep the
courts independent.
Proof positive
Individual trial lawyers can help support our system of justice
every day, in large or small ways, by simply showing what they
do, what they believe in, and what they bring to their communities.
Four lawyers describe how they do it.
ATLA's law firm takes 'reform' fight
to the courts
Robert S. Peck
The Center for Constitutional Litigation is devoted to protecting
the civil justice rights of every citizen. The law firm has
won key cases challenging the constitutionality of tort "reform"
measures.
Follow the money
David Ratcliff
Citizens' groups, think tanks, and "grassroots" organizations
are pushing an anticivil-justice agenda. The money trail behind
them leads directory to Big Business and its friends in politics.
No victim left behind
Leo Boyle and Larry S. Stewart
Trial Lawyers Care, founded less than two weeks after the terrorist
attacks on September 11, 2001, provided free legal services
to victims of the catastrophe. Two former ATLA presidents tell
the story of the largest private pro bono effort in U.S. history.
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Features
The end of an era
Tom Henderson is soon leaving his post as ATLA's CEO. Here,
he reflects on highlights of his long tenure, and past presidents
recall his steady leadership and commitment to the association's
mission.
Cross-examining the computer forensics
expert
Craig Ball
Courts are seeing increased use of computer-generated evidence
unearthed by specialized investigators. But how "expert"
are these defense experts? Spot weaknesses in their testimony
and cut through the jargon.
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News & Trends
Welding rod litigation heats up; workers
claim toxic fumes cause illness
Court-access decision's narrow scope worries
advocates for disabled
Federal and state class actions are certified
at equal rates, study finds
Second Circuit tears down 'material walls'
Immigration status is irrelevant to Title
VII claim, Ninth Circuit rules
Established relationship with child trumps
DNA, Wisconsin court rules
Third Circuit sends mixed signal in FMLA
notification case
California ruling on move-away cases splits
family advocates
Customer can sue car dealer for bait-and-switch
lending tactics
Immigrant has right to counsel, says
Washington court
New Jersey sues Nissan for concealing
thefts from customers
Departments
President’s page
An assault on citizen's rights
ATLA in motion
Supreme Court review
Court bars out-of-court 'testimonial'
statements
Reflections
Undoing the tort 'reform' twist
Hearsay
Books
Are You There Alone? The Unspeakable
Crime of Andrea Yates
by Suzanne O’Malley
A Stain upon the Robe
by Terry Devane
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