Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California: A Report on the Lawsuit Industry in California
California’s legal system is the second most expensive legal system in the world trailing only the United States. In a new study by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy, Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California, the state’s exploding lawsuit industry has been comprehensively examined. The California report found that the state has been losing jobs as a result of trial lawyers’ assault on high-tech companies, the housing industry, and businesses large and small.
The lawsuit industry’s political largesse has long strangled legislative efforts at reform. Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California offers practical ways to achieve real reform through the state’s referendum process and the bully pulpit of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
AGENDA
| 10:00 AM | Registration |
| 10:30 AM | Presentation of Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California and panel discussion PANELISTS: James R. Copland, Director, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute Steven B. Hantler, Assistant General Counsel, DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Senior Fellow, Pacific Research Institute John H. Sullivan, President, Civil Justice Association of California MODERATED BY: Catherine Crier, Host, CourtTV and Author, The Case Against Lawyers |
| 12:00 PM | Reception |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Luncheon Keynote Address INTRODUCTION: Sally Pipes, President & CEO, Pacific Research Institute SPEAKER: Catherine Crier, Former judge and prosecutor; Emmy-winning host of Catherine Crier Live on CourtTV; Author of The Case Against Lawyers: How the Lawyers, Politicians, and Bureaucrats Have Turned the Law into an Instrument of Tyranny – and What We as Citizens Have to Do About It (Broadway Books, 2002) |
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