As S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley works to push a new lawsuit reform bill through the "Republican-controlled" General Assembly, one group is questioning why the first-term GOP leader isn't doing more to crack down on frivolous lawsuits. Haley is pushing legislation that would cap non-economic damages – or
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Seven weeks ago, we humbly suggested that members of the South Carolina Senate get off of their asses and pass a tort reform bill that would keep our state from losing additional competitive ground to our neighbors. Today, we're still nowhere on this legislation. Thanks to an entrenched group of
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Will this be the week that the South Carolina Senate finally holds an up or down vote on a new tort reform bill? And assuming such a vote is finally held (after months of procrastination and obfuscation) - will our state's "deliberative" body finally approve this needed pro-business legislation? Don't
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Having (finally) figured out a way to get South Carolina lawmakers to mandate on-the-record voting, perhaps for S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's next trick (sorry, bad choice of words) she could figure out a way to get them to actually hold a vote ... For the second day in a row, the State Senate is refusing
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As if South Carolina lawmakers (and Gov. Nikki Haley) didn't have enough incentive to pass a tort reform bill this year, here's another reason ... This week, the Oklahoma State Senate passed a trio of tort reform bills aimed at improving the Sooner state's business climate - legislation that was signed
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and a group of Palmetto state business leaders are backing legal reforms that they say will make South Carolina's business climate more competitive. Specifically, Haley and her business allies are sending a letter to individual S.C. Senators urging them to modify our state's
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South Carolina lawmakers have been patting themselves on the back this year for passing "tort reform" and "advancing transparency," but when it comes to serving the Palmetto state's liberal trial lawyer lobby, they are once again operating in the shadows. In fact, the State Senate is about to ram
Read story »By FITSNews || It happens every year ... Well-intended legislation that aims to reform South Carolina's anti-competitive legal climate gets watered down in the State Senate, usually thanks to a handful of wealthy trail lawyer-legislators who reap hundreds of thousands of dollars each year based on
Read story »THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PASS "REFORM IN NAME ONLY" FITSNews - May 9, 2008 - Three years ago, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford signed into law a new tort reform bill, an event we remember distinctly because the dumbass forget to bring his trademark blazer to the bill signing ceremony
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