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Tyson & Mendes LLP

Not So Peachy Lately: Georgia Attacking Nuclear Verdicts® with New Tort Reform Laws

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On January 30, 2025, Governor Brian Kemp, joined by other elected officials and Georgia industry leaders, released his tort reform package in an effort to crack down on Nuclear Verdicts®. An ever-rising number of Nuclear...more

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Good News (Finally): Tort Reform Efforts Gaining Steam Across the U.S.

On April 22, 2025, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the Georgia Tort Reform Act, which significantly alters the playing field in personal injury cases. As discussed below, Georgia joins a small but growing list of states...more

Cozen O'Connor

Claims Notes: April 2025

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Comprehensive Tort Reform Bill Clears Georgia Legislature; Expected to be Made Law - The Georgia House of Representatives and Senate have passed a bipartisan, comprehensive tort reform bill. Governor Brian Kemp is expected...more

Maynard Nexsen

Key Health Care Issues to Track in 2025 in the Carolinas

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Following a year of significant regulatory changes and market realignments, the health care landscape in North and South Carolina continues to undergo significant transformation driven by federal policy shifts, state...more

Baker Donelson

Right Sizing Nuclear Verdicts: Reforming Tort Litigation in Texas

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Texas was the beneficiary of sweeping tort reform legislation, particularly in medical malpractice cases. The Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 capped damages for those...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 34 - March 2025

Republican lawmakers left the Senate chamber on Friday like victors heading for the locker room, collecting high fives and fist bumps from lobbyists in the hallway on their way to the ice baths. They had reason to...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 20 - February 2025

As both lobbyists and legal nerds, our ears perk up when the Georgia General Assembly takes up legislation that directly implicates the workings of the State’s criminal and civil justice systems. So, we’re listening closely...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 4 - January 2025

Evoking Georgians’ soft spot for the All-Star Special, Governor Brian Kemp promoted tort reform as necessary to protect Georgia businesses like Waffle House from being smothered by insurance and litigation costs during his...more

Kerr Russell

New Michigan Legislation Aims to Unravel Medical Liability Reform

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Over the past 30 years, the Michigan legislature has enacted several tort reform laws affecting medical malpractice, wrongful death and other personal injury cases. The goals of these reform laws, and particularly those...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 37 - March 2024

Senate committee meetings continue under the Gold Dome as this report is published on Wednesday. With the Senate’s requirement that bills pass out of committee before the chamber convenes for Legislative Day 38, legislators...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 13 - February 2024

This year’s edition of tort reform arrived under the Georgia Gold Dome on Wednesday, bringing plaintiffs’ lawyers and civil defense attorneys to the battle lines while onlookers quietly asked Siri, “what is tort reform?” The...more

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Recent Tort Reforms Expected to Have Major Impact on Insurance Litigation in Florida

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A wide range of tort reform laws (HB 837) were recently approved by the Florida House and went into effect on March 24. HB 837 is intended to help protect businesses and insurers from excessive litigation in Florida and is...more

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Potential Changes on the Horizon: Florida Legislature Proposing Significant Tort Reform

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The 2023 Session of the Florida Legislature will involve a number of significant proposed bills, including House Bill 837 which, among other issues, seeks to bring balance and transparency to tort litigation. On February...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Dome Report: An Overview of the 2020 West Virginia Legislature

The West Virginia Legislature commences its 60-day regular session on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. This is an election year, which means that of the 134 members of the Legislature (100 Delegates and 34 Senators), 117 of these...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Update on the West Virginia Legislature - The Final Week, Issue 9

We are entering the final week of the 60-day legislative session, which concludes at midnight on March 9. This past Wednesday, we marked crossover day, the last day for bills to advance out of their house of origin if...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

“Sue-Me State” Or “Show-Me State”: The Latest Push For Asbestos Exposure Tort Reform In Missouri

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The stage is set for a heated showdown between GOP leaders and bipartisan critics over implementation of HB 1645. If adopted by the Senate, the bill would alter several provisions related to a plaintiff’s ability to bring...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017: Will It Pass and Can It Be Improved?

The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act, also known as H.R. 985, passed the House earlier this year by a largely party line vote. If passed, this bill would represent the most significant class action reform legislation...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Trump Administration FY 2018 Budget and Healthcare Programs

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The Trump Administration released on May 23, 2017, its full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget request, titled "A New Foundation for American Greatness." President Donald Trump's request builds off of the administration's March 16...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Bunch of Bad Bills Brings Up Denial of Citizen Rights

Fast-Track Legislation Appears To Attack 7th Amendment - Tort reform has become a hot potato again as a series of proposed bills have been unleashed that impinge on the rights of people harmed or injured by product...more

Lathrop GPM

New Political Climate May Lead to Class Action Changes

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The election of a Republican President, along with a Republican U.S. Congress, and the election of a Republican Missouri Governor, combined with a Republican state legislature, are all spurring potential changes on the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

It’s an Election Year, So It’s Time for a Tort Reform Bill & Snappy Acronym

If it’s an election year, it must be time for someone in Congress to propose a tort reform bill and to come up with a snappy acronym—the more tortured, the better. And Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) has done just that, with...more

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Limited Tort Reform Passes Virginia Assembly

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Virginia‘s 2013 General Assembly session has now concluded. A package of Tort Reform bills met with mixed results—some passing, and other’s failing. The bills that did pass (discussed below) will impact civil practice in...more

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Alabama Legislative Update – Week 6: Legislators Focus on Education, Tort Reform and Health Care

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In a week that was dominated by events surrounding the Alabama Accountability Act, several significant pieces of legislation still moved through – or died in – the State House....more

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