The Wall Street Journal (5/2, A3, Weisman, Bravin) reported, The battle to influence the next Supreme Court pick began Friday as President Barack Obama announced that Justice David Souter would…
Not true! Not True! Not True! How many times have you read that the number of lawsuits is skyrocketing in the Honolulu newspapers? How many times have you heard a TV news reporter say this? The…
Think about tort reform in the context of medical negligence – misdiagnosis of traumatic brain injury – on a national basis. It happens everywhere from Honolulu to Hilo to Washington, D.C. Why don’t…
“It is no secret that, for more than three decades, business interests have invested billions of dollars to sell the public a distorted view of a legal system that is justi- fiably…
Mary Vorsino, of the Honolulu Advertiser reports that the Coast Guard has reported on two tourist deaths in separate incidents. A 13 year old boy was killed on a catamaran off Waikiki in 2006 when…
A news note from: Arthur Bryant Executive Director Public Justice & the Public Justice Foundation The Public Justice Access to Justice Campaign and Mandatory Arbitration Abuse…
Arbitration Fairnress Day was celebrated on April 29th and now the public is being educated about the evil of forced arbitration also know as binding mandatory arbitration or BME. Thwety five years…
Consumer advocates Fair Arbitration Now point out that: Corporations oppose the Arbitration Fairness Act because the system of forced arbitration allows them to escape accountability for…
Forced arbitration is another example of how corporations are taking advantage of Americans. As a private system without an impartial judge or a jury, mandatory arbitration allows companies like AIG…
The Wall Street Journal (4/28, Rockoff) reported, The Institute of Medicine [IOM] recommended Tuesday that doctors, medical schools, professional groups and drug makers make far-reaching changes…
The Chicago Tribune (4/25, Callahan) reported, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Friday said he planned to urge carmakers to crash-test child safety seats in their vehicles and recommend…
In my first article on the new Swine Flu scare I didn’t realize that this connection with pigs, Swine Flu, MRSA and C.Diff has been raging among corporate interests, their cadre of hired-gun…