Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California: A Report on the Lawsuit Industry in California, 2005
California’s legal system is the second most expensive legal system in the developed world, trailing only the United States. Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California, a new study by the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy, comprehensively examines California’s exploding lawsuit industry. The California report finds 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 | Welcome: Michael Klowden, President and CEO, Milken Institute |
| 10:40 AM | Presentation of Trial Lawyers, Inc.: California AND PANEL DISCUSSION James R. Copland, Director, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute Thomas V. Girardi, Trial Lawyer, Girardi & Keese John H. Sullivan, President, Civil Justice Association of California |
| 12:00 PM | RECEPTION |
| 12:30 AM | LUNCHEON |
| 1:00 PM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Introduction: James R. Copland, Director, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute Speaker: William E. Simon, JR., Businessman and Philanthropist |
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