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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kemp believes that excessive civil litigation is causing insurance premiums to rise for everyone. Therefore, he wants to level the ...

The 2026 legislative session had a big focus on business and economic development, with lawmakers passing bills on tax cuts, business courts, bringing in new companies and tort reform. A study from ...

If significant tort reform becomes reality, litigation and trial skills, not just case volume, will become the currency of survival. The failure of SB 30 and, to a lesser extent SB 39, in 2025 has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Brian Kemp Wednesday pledged to continue pushing major tort reform legislation when the General Assembly convenes in January ...

President Donald Trump has doubled down on his support for tort reform, casting himself as a champion against America’s “lawsuit culture.” Bolstered by longstanding Republican support, his super PAC ...

As South Carolina bars and restaurants say rising costs of liability insurance makes it difficult to stay in business, the state House on Thursday took aim to reduce those expenses through a liquor ...

Gov. Brian Kemp is prioritizing tort reform to limit lawsuits and large settlements, aiming to reduce rising insurance costs for Georgia businesses. Rising insurance premiums are significantly ...

One lawsuit could put a trucking company out of business. That is why lawsuit abuse reform is vital to the industry, and a few states are pursuing legislation to reform tort laws affecting truck ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed tort reform legislation touted by trucking leaders as a step toward stabilizing excessive insurance and legal costs that burden the state’s trucking industry and ...