A change in the Commonwealth’s treatment of third-party litigation funders (TPLF) could be on the horizon. The Civil Procedural Rules Committee of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a notice of rulemaking to implement a Third-Party Litigation Funding Rule that will require documents pertaining to third-party litigation funding to be produced during discovery. A copy…
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Supreme Court Committee to Consider Proposed Third-Party Litigation Funding Rule
Dispelling Myths of the False Claims Act
PCCJR Executive Director Curt Schroder was featured on a recent episode of Pennsylvania Cable Network’s (PCN) “Capitol Preview” program to discuss a proposed state False Claims Act and the negative impact it will have on the Commonwealth’s business, health care, and legal climates. “It’s (a proposed state False Claims Act) particularly damaging to small businesses and…
Supreme Court Finally Speaks on the Review of the Rescission of the Medical Liability Venue Rule
When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rescinded the venue rule governing medical liability cases, it included a provision requiring the Civil Procedural Rules Committee to reexamine the rule change two years after its January 1, 2023 effective date. Although the court did not request comments from stakeholders for this review, The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice…
New Report: Rising Medical Liability Costs a Contributing Factor to Imminent Health Care Crisis in Pennsylvania
As previously predicted, rising medical liability costs – fueled in part by the Supreme Court’s reversal of Pennsylvania’s med mal venue rule – are negatively impacting hospitals throughout the Commonwealth. A recent report commissioned by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania found that the state is headed towards a health care crisis if the…
PCCJR Sounds the Alarm Against Proposed State False Claims Act
In response to Governor Josh Shapiro’s call for the General Assembly to enact a state False Claims Act in his recent budget address, the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform (PCCJR) held a press conference Wednesday morning to draw attention to the harmful consequences such a law could have for the Commonwealth’s health care providers and small…