Chamber Out With List of Nation’s Best and Worst Legal Systems
April 23, 2008
Mississippi, Louisiana, and West Virginia are home to the worst legal environments in the nation, according to the 2008 rankings released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform. The survey results are being announced in Louisiana where 89% of state business owners say there are too many frivolous and unfair lawsuits and 69% of Louisiana business owners want their legislators to do something about it.The Chamber’s annual list provides a valuable overview of how fairly states treat corporate defendants in the courtroom.
Trial Bar Lobby Launches Pre-Emptive Attack
The Chamber’s survey sent the trial bar’s lobbying arm in Washington into full panic mode. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now calling itself the American Association of Justice … or is it the Justice League?) launched a preemptive strike the day before the study was even released.
It’s been a tough year to be a trial lawyer – what with the criminal convictions of three Trial Bar Hall of Famers (Bill Lerach, Melvyn Weiss and Dickie Scruggs). No wonder their lobbyists are trying to hide behind a new name.