ILR’s Lawsuit Climate Survey Used by CNBC to Rank the “Top States for Business”
CNBC used data from the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) 2017 Lawsuit Climate Survey: Ranking the States when putting together its annual “Top States for Business in America” report this year.
Specifically, CNBC’s reporting on the survey found that legal climates, as ranked by ILR’s 2017 survey, may be holding back some states from achieving even more success. New York State, for example, gained ground in every category except “business friendliness,” which dropped three spots “because of a tough legal climate.” CNBC also notes that Atlanta, Georgia, is in the running for Amazon’s second headquarters, despite the state’s “poor marks for its handling of tort cases.”
The survey should signal to elected officials that their state’s legal climate is an important factor for businesses. An all-time high of 85 percent of respondents to the 2017 Lawsuit Climate Survey said a state’s litigation environment is likely to impact their company’s decisions about where to locate or expand.
When 30-year-old Quinnton Allen violated his parole for possession of a firearm, a Houston judge not only allowed him to stay on parole but granted him a PR bond for a felony. Unfortunately, the decision to release him on bond may have cost a man’s life. Read and share: bit.ly/3OvDU5z
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HOUSTON – “I’ve never had any of these defendants we’ve profiled on Breaking Bond on parole and on a felony PR bond charged with murder,” said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. “This is a fi...That judge should be held accountable
His family should get a good lawyer & sue the city & the judge…
The judge should be held as an accomplice to the murder before the fact and sued in civil court for his contribution to the death of the citizen.
Texas ports are thriving today, but in the early 2000s, abusive personal injury lawsuits threatened to shut them down. As the Port of Houston begins a long-awaited expansion, read more about the common-sense lawsuit reform in 2007 that saved our state’s shipping industry in this week’s TLR blog, For the Record: bit.ly/3aeTy6n
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When 30-year-old Quinnton Allen violated his parole for possession of a firearm, a Houston judge not only allowed him to stay on parole but granted him a PR bond for a felony. The decision to release him on bond may have cost a man’s life. Read & RT:
29-year-old man murdered after judge grants felony PR bond to armed robber recently paroled from prison
HOUSTON – “I’ve never had any of these defendants we’ve profiled on Breaking Bond on parole and on a felony PR bond charged with m...
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