Tort Reform

Hoover's Editors examine some of the most vocal corporate supporters and opponents of health care reform.

Ensure your contracts, when possible, allow arbitration or mediation to settle disputes. Avoid the courtroom if you can.

For risk managers, the next four or eight years will be challenging and exciting.

When it comes to purchasing insurance, don't risk a little for a lot.

With Democrats in power, Congress is unlikely to give much consideration to curbing legal system abuses. A steady stream of campaign contributions from trial lawyers has seen to that.

A $54 million lawsuit against a Washington, D.C. dry cleaner was tossed out of court this week, but the case might have ended differently if it had been filed in one of these...

A $64 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner over a lost pair of pants is drawing worldwide media coverage usually reserved for two-headed sheep, and UFO sightings. But small business groups are taking...

Insurance claims against doctors, nurses and other medical professionals have stabilized for the first time in years, according to the seventh annual Aon Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis. While that...