Mass tort makeover? (impact of lessons learned from class action lawsuits over silicone breast implants on chances for tort reform)

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Mass tort experts suggest some lessons from the lengthy silicone breast implant litigation on how such disputes might be better handled in the future, and these include getting expert evidence early and having a neutral expert evaluate it, recognizing the limits of consolidating cases and having a settlement strategy. The Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998 would give mass tort defendants more power to remove cases to federal court and a law compensating mass tort claimants and thus steering them away from litigation is another possibility.

Analysis, Product liability, Tort reform, Products liability, Breast implants

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One foot out the door; project addresses needs of immigrants facing deportation

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The ABA Immigration Pro Bono Development and Bar Activation Project has awarded over half a million dollars in grants to improve immigrant representation, and the project is the ABA's largest pro bono effort to date. ABA officials have been active in this area of law practice, advocating political change, regular meetings with Justice Department officials. In Jan 1998, new INS standards specified that all detention centers give detainees rights presentations, as well as good access to lawyers, law libraries and telephones.

Social aspects, Innovations, Laws, regulations and rules, Illegal immigrants, Pro bono legal services, A.B.A.

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Thrown out of the game; disgruntled fans file lawsuits but get no court advantage

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Disgruntled sports fans are very litigious but the fate of their suits is often dismissal and perhaps these fans should learns to live with disappointment. Suits are common by fans disappointed by a strike or lockout, and they have also sued over a team relocation or trading away players. The money damages in such suits are not huge but the economics of class actions can be attractive to plaintiffs attorneys.

Sports spectators

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