Read about legal reform in Florida and from across the country.

News from Florida

	Poll: Florida Legal Climate Not Good - 4/23/2008 Florida's legal climate continues to be weakened by the attack on the state's civil justice system by plaintiffs' attorneys, according to two recent polls released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform.
	Chamber Upgrades Legal Climate - 5/02/2007 The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform says that Florida's legal climate continues to make modest progress - up two spots to number 36 - an improvement of six places in the last two years, according to Lawsuit Climate 2007: Rating the States, an annual assessment of state liability systems conducted by Harris Interactive, a leading nonpartisan polling firm.
	Florida's legal climate getting sunnier - 4/26/2007 National study says recent state tort reform makes judicial system fairer than in 2006.
	Fear Factor - 2/27/2007 Legal reforms have brightened the medical malpractice horizon, but physicians are still wary of lawsuits -- and still angry at high insurance premiums. More than 2,000 now choose to go without insurance.

News from Across the Country

	New Web Site Highlights Abusive Lawsuit Stories - 2/11/2008 By now you've probably heard of the Washington, D.C. judge who sued his dry cleaners for millions of dollars over a pair of pants. Now there's a Web site that tells their story -- and many other personal stories of lawsuit abuse -- in their own words.
	Overly Punitive? - 2/26/2007 The Supreme Court overturns a big tobacco verdict.
	Justices Overturn Tobacco Award - 2/21/2007 The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a nearly $80 million verdict intended to punish the Philip Morris tobacco company for endangering the lives of smokers, and the justices set limits on how jurors can decide to make big business pay for wrongdoing.
	Bush renews call for tort reform - 2/08/2007 President's criticism of suits is rejected by lawyers association