The Paycheck Fairness Act looks like common sense, but instead of helping women it will hurt all workers. The legislation, built on 30 years of spurious advocacy research, will impose unnecessary and onerous requirements on employers.

The Gulf Coast oil spill offers an opportunity to reflect on the basic principles of tort law, which makes clear that in this case full economic damages are appropriate but punitive damages should not be pursued.

The Supreme Court's decision in Exxon Shipping v. Baker highlights the need for legislative reform of arbitrary punitive damage awards.

What will the Supreme Court decide in the upcoming Philip Morris v. Williams case?

As the Supreme Court opens its October Term, the AEI Legal Center will host its annual review and preview of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 and 2008 Terms. As in prior years, a panel of distinguished experts and practitioners will discuss the key business cases, which constitute an ever-growing share...

On August 19, 2005, a jury in Angleton, Texas, found Vioxx producer Merck liable for the death of fifty-nine-year-old Robert Ernst. The Brazoria county jury assessed a staggering $253 million ($24 million compensatory, $229 million punitive) in damages against Merck, although Texas law will cap the punitive damages at less...

Tort is still a tremendous drag on the American economy relative to other industrialized nations.

Jackpot justice refers to courts rewarding trial lawyers with outsized judgments unrelated to any actual damages, but arecent case in Minnesota gives the phrase a whole new meaning.