Insurance costs among concerns aired during Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week
Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, which is observed in Louisiana and other regions of the U.S. during the first week of October, this year...
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- Apr 8
Mark Ballard: Some reform supporters have had enough of trying to lower auto insurance premiums
After a relentless campaign among Republican legislators to lower auto insurance rates by complicating the filing and winning of...
- Mar 13
Excessive litigation costs Louisiana $3.2 billion, thousands of jobs
The nonpartisan Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch highlights the economic costs of excessive damages litigation in Louisiana as lawmakers...
- Mar 13
Excessive litigation costs Louisiana $3.2B, thousands of jobs
Nonpartisan Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch is highlighting the economic costs of excessive tort litigation in Louisiana as lawmakers...
- Mar 13
Study: Excessive litigation costs Louisiana $3.2 billion, 46,000 lost jobs
(The Center Square) – Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch is highlighting the economic costs of excessive tort litigation in Louisiana as...
- Jan 9
Real Reform Louisiana says car insurance rates continue to rise despite 2020 tort reform claims
According to ValuePenguin’s State of Auto Insurance in 2022, Louisiana will see car insurance rate increase faster than the national...
- Dec 19, 2021
Letters: Louisiana has a long way to go building a better legal system for business, consumers
The American Tort Reform Foundation recently released its annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, ranking Louisiana’s legal climate the sixth...
- Dec 14, 2021
Graves’ legislation would make staged collisions a federal crime
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves introduced legislation that could lower insurance rates for Louisiana drivers by making it a federal crime...
- Dec 12, 2021
Louisiana still a 'judicial hellhole'
Louisiana ended up on American Tort Reform's list of ''judicial hellholes'' for the ninth consecutive year. Read more...
- Nov 19, 2021
Jim Donelon: The facts about auto insurance, rising and falling cost
At the Nov. 15 meeting of the Task Force on Affordable Auto Insurance, I misspoke about auto insurance rates because mistaken information...
- Nov 18, 2021
Commentary: ‘Tort reform’ rightly under fire as insurance rates rise
Lawmakers love simplistic buzzwords and catchy slogans that conveniently hide politicians’ — and many citizens’ — aversion to the truth....
- Oct 21, 2021
Louisiana court system needs modernization makeover, study finds
A business-backed study urges a makeover of the state’s court system, including online access to court records and electronic document...
- Sep 12, 2021
7 More Charged in Louisiana Staged Automobile Crash Schemes
Seven more defendants have been indicted in New Orleans for their alleged involvement in schemes to stage accidents with commercial...
- Jul 31, 2021
Letters: Given time, insurance rates will go down because of 2020 reforms of state law
The Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020 has been called the most relevant package of legal reforms in Louisiana since the 1990s. People...
- Jun 13, 2021
Governor should protect public health by signing misleading attorney ad legislation
A television ad announces, “this is a Medical Alert.” As the FDA logo is displayed on the screen, a dire voice, suitable for a horror...
- Jun 7, 2021
Lawyer advertising restriction clears Legislature
Legislation to regulate advertisements by lawyers seeking clients with problems with drugs or medical devices won final legislative...
- May 14, 2021
Mark Ballard: Why lawyers' ads portraying jubilant winners of lawsuit lottery might be dialed back
Nailing lawyers who represent injured people against business and insurance companies was a main theme of last year’s legislative session...
- May 5, 2021
The Louisiana Supreme Court Announces Amendments to Lawyer Advertising Rules
New Orleans, LA− Chief Justice John L. Weimer announced today the Court’s adoption of amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct...
- Mar 20, 2021
Trucking tort reform needed to avert crisis
Unless the Louisiana Legislature acts soon, trucking operators in the state will find themselves becoming extinct. Over the past decade,...
- Feb 26, 2021
La. auto insurance rates likely won’t drop this year despite tort reform promises
It’s unclear when or if auto insurance rates in Louisiana will ever decrease as predicted by business lobbyists and state Insurance...