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• Obama vows to move ahead with health care reform
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• Cornyn: Reid's proposed Senate health care bill will have negative impact
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• Trial lawyers oppose special med-mal courts
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• Legally Speaking: Those 'Believe It or Not' Moments
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• Trial lawyers spend big money taking to the airwaves
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• Legally Speaking: More Silliness in the Courts
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• Lobbyist: AAJ looking to quietly pass plaintiff lawyer tax break
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• Legally Speaking: Summertime Silliness in the Courts
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• Legally Speaking: And the Winner Is ...
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• Legally Speaking: Don't Say I Didn't Warn You
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• Legally Speaking: Expect the Unexpected
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• 'Life Without Lawyers' author says judges need to reclaim authority
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• Trial lawyers ask Obama to expand product liability
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• U.S. Chamber calls for legal reforms, cautions against expanding government
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• Legally Speaking: Signs That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us
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• Report: Southeast Texas courts improve, but still on 'Hellhole' watch list
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• Chamber begins frivolous lawsuit awareness campaign
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• Report: Loser-pay rule would curb frivolous lawsuits
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• Legally Speaking: Law and the Fog of War, Part I of II
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• Spence: Trial lawyers more important than doctors
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• Legally Speaking: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  11/6/2008 10:44 AM By John G. Browning 
• Tort reformers wary of Obama presidency
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• Commerce Secretary calls for legal reforms
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• U.S. Chamber says proposed accounting rule change could spur lawsuit abuse
  8/11/2008 10:52 AM By Chris Rizo 
• Legally Speaking: It's My Party, and I'll Sue If I Want To
  8/5/2008 1:54 PM By John G. Browning 
• Web site spotlights trial lawyer 'earmarks'
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• Expert: Private securities lawsuits hurt economy
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• Legally Speaking: The Power of the Pen
  7/17/2008 8:50 AM By John G. Browning 
• The cost of crooked lawyers: Recent wave of legal malfeasance affects us all, even reform-minded Texas
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• Study: Arbitration a better venue for consumers than courtrooms
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• Legally Speaking: The Justies – Part II
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• Cornyn pushes for securities class action reforms
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• TADC files amicus brief in support of motion for rehearing
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• Legally Speaking: If You Can't Teach 'Em, Sue 'Em
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• Exxon Valdez ruling could reshape U.S. tort law
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• Legally Speaking: Judges Behaving Badly
  5/28/2008 4:59 PM By John G. Browning 
• Legally Speaking: Through a Lens, Darkly
  5/21/2008 11:42 AM By John G. Browning 
• Group blasts Texas Supreme Court for unsigned opinions
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• Legally Speaking: And the envelope, please …
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• Legally Speaking: The World Turned Upside Down-Part II
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• Legally Speaking: The World Turned Upside Down-Part I
  4/30/2008 8:39 AM By John G. Browning 
• Report shows lawsuit reforms boost local economy
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• Legally Speaking: Whatever happened to …
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• Harris poll ranks Texas litigation climate 41 out of 50
  4/23/2008 12:55 PM By Marilyn Tennissen  
• Web site boasts quick lawsuits
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• Legally Speaking: Litigating in the Twilight Zone
  4/16/2008 10:19 AM By John G. Browning 
• Through letters judge, lawyers weigh in on Texas tort reforms
  4/10/2008 10:42 AM By Marilyn Tennissen  
• Texas judge bans 'frivolous lawsuit' lawyer from further litigation
  4/9/2008 11:00 AM By Marilyn Tennissen  
• Judicial Two Step
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• Legally Speaking: Lawyers Behaving Badly-Part Three
  4/9/2008 9:32 AM By John G. Browning 
• Legally Speaking: Lawyers Behaving Badly-Part Two
  4/3/2008 9:58 AM By John G. Browning 
• Legally Speaking: Lawyers Behaving Badly-Part One
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• Legally Speaking: An Irish Legacy
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• Legally Speaking: Disorder in the court?
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• Supporters say Texas med-mal caps are meeting reform goals
  2/28/2008 11:18 AM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau 
• Class action challenges Texas cap on medical malpractice damages
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• Legally Speaking: Deep pockets, shallow justice
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• Legally Speaking: Justice for sale?
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• Kent connection not Buzbee's first time in the headlines
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• Legally Speaking: Twelve Angry Men (and Women)
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• Legally Speaking: Life imitates art, even in the law (Part One of Two)
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• Legally Speaking: Gunning For a Change-The Court Takes Aim At The Second Amendment
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• Legally Speaking: Not your everyday lawyers
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• Legally Speaking: Compensating the Exonerated
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• Legally Speaking: The food poisoning lawyer
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• Legally Speaking: When valor is stolen
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• Legally Speaking: Truth is stranger than fiction
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• Legally Speaking: Every rose has its legal thorns
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• Legally Speaking: Lights … Cameras … Lawyers
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