Pennsylvania has a budget, but not enough revenue to fund it! Since we last updated you, the budget was passed without raising the additional revenue needed to balance it, and PCCJR members actions leaped into action to prevent a False Claims Act from becoming a potential moneymaker to help fill the budget gap. Your calls…
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Medical malpractice tort reform: A remedy for ‘fairness’
EDITORIAL| TRIBUNE-REVIEW | Sunday, July 9, 2017, 9:00 p.m. While repeal-and-replace health care legislation sputters and stalls in the U.S. Senate, the House has advanced a medical tort-reform bill that could, by one estimate, save taxpayers at least $50 billion over 10 years. The Protecting Access to Care Act passed by a precariously slim margin. It now…
Civil Justice Legislative Update June 29, 2017
Budget negotiations grind on this week in Harrisburg. State spending authority runs out June 30 at midnight pursuant to the state constitution. But at this point it looks like we’ll be going into budget overtime and with that comes opportunities as well as challenges for civil justice issues. Without a budget to vote on, it…
The False Promise of False Claims
As we enter the last few weeks of June, Pennsylvania finds itself in an all too familiar situation. Once again, legislators and the Governor are scrambling to pass a budget before the constitutional authority to spend runs out on June 30. With a projected budget deficit of a billion dollars plus, legislators adverse to raising…
To Boost Tax Revenues, Improve the Business Climate
PA Manufacturers Association cites asbestos litigation reform (H.B. 238) as a positive reform that would make Pennsylvania more competitive and could help attract business investment. HB 238, sponsored by Warren Kampf (R-Chester), would loosen the grip a few privileged lawyers have on a compensation system established for workers exposed to asbestos fibers. The gaming of the…
Civil Justice Legislative Update June 9, 2017
June in Harrisburg is budget season – the busiest part of the legislative cycle. Bills come up fast, committee agendas change at the last minute, and our advocacy efforts are running at full-throttle on behalf of civil justice reform. This week was a particularly active one, and we anticipate busier days ahead as we track…