Recent News

June 27, 2010   ___
Op-Ed: School legal costs are a killer
By Marcus Rayner | The Daily Record
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June 21, 2010   ___
Appeal Bond Cap on the table in New Jersey
John O'Brien • Legal Newsline

Legislation pending in New Jersey would limit the amount a losing party would have to post as a bond for its appeal to $50 million.
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June 17, 2010   ___
Testimony before the Assembly Appropriations Committee in support of A-2473, the Appeal Bond Cap
Marcus Rayner • Executive Director, NJLRA

NJLRA supports A-2473
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June 15, 2010   ___
Handlin, Rayner push to reform medical malpractice in N.J.
Andy Lagomarsino • New Jersey Newsroom

Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, and Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13), a co-sponsor of A-1982 representing Monmouth County, released the following statement ...
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June 7, 2010   ___
Testimony before the Women's Legislative Caucus
Marcus Rayner • Executive Director, NJLRA

Medicine bears the distinction of being both business and personal.  Too many promising medical students are becoming a casualty of our litigious health-care system.  In turn, it limits the number of specialized medical doctors
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May 23, 2010   ___
Can there be Tort Reform in New Jersey?
Marcus Rayner • Enterprise Magazine, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

If your company has never been sued, consider yourself lucky. Plaintiffs' attorneys are one group that’s flourishing during this period of 10% unemployment.  New Jersey has become a top destination for lawsuits (i.e., t
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