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Businesses Face A 'Devastating' New Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Insurance Industry, Insurance Premiums, Video, Insurance, Hurricane Irene Insurance Losses, Hurricane Irene Insurance Claims, Insurance Claims, Antitrust Exemption, Antitrust, Hurricane Irene, Regulation, Center for Justice & Democracy, Insurance Companies, Business, Business News

WASHINGTON -- With the economy still weak, businesses may face a fresh blow from insurance companies next year, according to a new report published Th...

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Here's Really Why Your Insurance Rates Go Up - and Then Don't

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Premiums, Center for Justice & Democracy, Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Business News
Joanne Doroshow

Please bookmark this post and come back to it in a year or so. I say this because our collective memory, and especially that of mainstream news organ...

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The Tortured "Torts" of Sarah Palin and Oil

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Justice & Democracy, Exxon, John McCain, Tort Reform, Gulf Oil Spill, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

If you're part of the "tort reform" movement, which is still out there calling for liability limits on BP's corporate recklessness, a scholarly endorsement from Sarah Palin is where you'd go.

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America Wakes Up to the Importance of Liability and the Stupidity of "Caps"

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Toyota, Bp, Civil Justice, Medical Malpractice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Class Action, Oil, Center for Justice & Democracy, Financial Crisis, Delaware, Chinese Drywall, Coal Mining, Michael Clayton, Liability, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

Teachable moments can come almost anytime, from anywhere. The recent history of corporate and professional breakdowns and mess-ups should provide a n...

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From Three Mile Island to BP: The Corporate Culture of Catastrophes and Cover-ups

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Energy, Oil Spill, Three Mile Island, Nuclear Power, Center for Justice & Democracy, Green News
Joanne Doroshow

As the lead lawyer who tried to stop GPU from re-opening Three Mile Island after the nuclear meltdown, I'm made horribly uncomfortable by news of the BP calamity. Similarities between the situations abound.

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Time to Reform That Other Insurance Industry

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Justice & Democracy, Illinois, Kansas, Insurance Reform, Medical Malpractice, McCarran-Ferguson Act, California, West Virginia, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

We all depend on reasonably-priced insurance to function and I'm not talking just about heath insurance. Without affordable property-casualty insuran...

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Huff and Puff

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Justice & Democracy, Think Tanks, Manhattan Institute, Harry Reid, Lawyers, Corporate Accountability, Lobbyists, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

I think all these neo-con "think tank" guys deserve our sympathy. Let's help them return from Bizarro World. In case you doubt my sincerity, I have a history of trying to "give to those who take."

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