Time to Enact Legal Reforms in Louisiana
March 30, 2010
This week marked the start of the Louisiana state legislative session. Before the doors to the state house opened, dueling pro-legal reform and pro-plaintiffs’ bar bills were being announced. The Hayride has a good overview here (hat tip, PointofLaw).
Louisiana has long suffered from lawsuit abuse and plaintiff-friendly juries. As The Hayride points out, Gov. Jindal’s efforts to attract businesses to the state will continue to face long odds until the governor and his legislative supporters “make the state’s businesses safe from rapacious plaintiff lawyers.”