Litigation

Civil Justice

H. Mills Gallivan, Wayne B. Mason, Marc E. Williams, Jeffrey W. Jackson, Thomas H. Hill | Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ)

Gallivan: Please start the discussion by talking about why U.S. corporations need and support civil justice reform. Mason: For corporations conducting business in America, the soaring cost of litigation has become a heavy burden. Litigation costs are in fact so high that some American companies...

Civil Justice

Edward W. Mullins, Michael A. Pope, Stephen G. Morrison, Rex K. Linder, John H. Martin | Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ)

What prompted the formation of LCJ 25 years ago? Morrison: The IADC (International Association of Defense Counsel), DRI (Defense Research Institute), the FDCC (Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel) and the ADTA (Association of Defense Trial Attorneys) all got together and said, you...

Civil Justice

Corporate Counsel Business Journal

Remember that sunny morning when you came back to work after a glorious summer vacation on Nantucket? The gloom first began to gather when your CEO asked you to come to her office. You knew from her grim expression that something bad was about to happen. And it did! She said in a gruff tone,...