This study finds that contingent fees benefit plaintiffs and do not cause higher awards.

A new book from the AEI Press finds that contingent fees benefit plaintiffs and do not cause higher awards.

Trial lawyers used the Enron scandal to successfully and legally extort billions of dollars from investment banks with a legally meritless lawsuit.

Frank explains the problem of class action tolling in mass tort personal injury litigation.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jerseywas ruled to be 68percent responsible for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center.

Before state legislatures or Congress would enact laws, which would be administered by regulatory agencies; now we are regulating U.S. industry through lawsuits.

Aside from the tremendous cost to taxpayers, civil Gideon will be counterproductive in its supposed goals of helping the poor and making the legal system more accessible.

We are suddenly being treated to a full-throated defense of federalism from unexpected sources.