As the 2024 election grinds on, you’ll hear a lot more about the online betting markets which have become all the rage amongst politicos and statisticians. These days, you can bet on election outcomes and even the weather….
Posts tagged legal reform
Give Lawsuit Plaintiffs the Final Say, Not Lawyers Hungry for More Cash
In a protracted eight-year-long legal battle, lawsuits against pharmaceutical and beauty giant Johnson & Johnson seem to be finally coming to a resolution. These cases have been some of the largest and most expensive in recent history…
Trial Lawyer Marketing Machine Needs a Reboot
If you ask most Americans when it’s time to call a lawyer, the answer is no mystery: after a law has been broken, you’re forced to do so. Just as we don’t ask doctors to…
Litigation Finance Exposes Our Judicial System to Foreign Exploitation
Now that Congress has come to its senses about a forced divestiture plan to uncouple TikTok from the Chinese Communist Party, we’d be remiss not to explore other examples of how powers such as China influence American institutions. Let’s…
Climate lawyers could control the future of American energy, not consumers
When we think of American energy, we conjure up images of oil drillers, refineries, pipelines, and end products we put into our cars or the plastic products we use daily. There are millions of jobs…
Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show: Election Wrap-Up, Lawyer-captured Society, Vienna Terror Attacks
Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: –Election2020 and its madness. Is gridlock good? –Lawyers and lawsuits have captured our elections and now our society –Vienna Terror Attack…
Public-nuisance lawsuits stifle innovation, and consumers ultimately foot the bill
With arcane rule changes and different policies on absentee voting, we are bracing for lawsuits and recounts that could keep both presidential candidates’ legal teams busy until New Year’s. For once, thankfully, it will not…
Coronavirus Will Blow Up Our Legal System, but a Liability Shield Will Help
As customers slowly trickle back into stores and workers punch back in at reopened businesses, there’s one thought on all our minds: caution. Protective plastic shields and screens, face masks and gloves are a new…
Yael Ossowski: GOP bill would deter frivolous COVID lawsuits
As customers slowly trickle back into stores and workers punch back in at reopened businesses, one thought dominates all our minds: caution. Protective plastic shields and screens, face masks and gloves are a new reality,…
Yaël Ossowski on Joe Catenacci Show: #CHAZ, Police Reform
Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: #CHAZ Police and Legal Reform This was broadcast on June 12, 2020, on The Big Talker WFBT 106.7FMhttp://bigtalkerfm.com Listen to our…