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ABA Comm. on Ethics and Arbitration, 179, 201–02 Professional Responsibility, 26, Asbestos Litigation, 10, 42, 61, 84, 118, 31, 53, 390, 523, 527 129, 130, 154, 161, 163, 183, 214, 225, ABA Model Rules of Professional 246, 401, 411, 419, 423, 429, 534, 546, Conduct, SEE Model Rules of 547 Professional Conduct Asbestos-Related Bankruptcy, 228, Abel, Richard, 36, 42, 267, 279, 470, 485 361 Abusive Billing Practices, 329, 382 Assignability of Tort Claims, 101, 102 Abusive Fee Practices, 7, 84, 114, 452, Asymmetrical Information, 75–77,441 454, 460 Attorney Advertising, 4, 57, 67, 68, 76, AGENT ORANGE LITIGATION, 176 91, 93, 103, 253–54, 259, 468, 491 Aggregative Torts, 155, 163, 184–85, 209 Attorneys General, 11, 195, 203–207, Airline Crash Litigation, SEE Aviation 311, 331, 423–26, 428–30, 431–33, Litigation 435–36, 438–40 Allstate Insurance Co., 98–100, 105, Auto Accident Litigation, 34, 35, 39, 40, 188 45, 50, 115, 166, 253–56, 265, 270 ALTRIA GROUP,INC. V.GOOD, 191, 211 Auto Choice Plan, 459, 477, 482 Ambulance Chasing, 108, 112, 113–14, AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTIONS LITIGATION, 117–18, 119, 127, 222 338, 361 American Association for Justice AVERY V. STATE FARM, 397, 399–401, 404, (AAJ), 90, 105–06, 164, 200, 206–07, 406–07 451, 533–35 Aviation Litigation, 34, 36, 38, 44, 113, American Bar Association (ABA), 3, 127, 245 26, 41, 47, 469, 477 American Medical Association, 91, Bailey, Martin J., 145, 147, 165–67 251, 278 Baker, Lynn A., 67 American Rule, 21, 24–25, 29, 30, 31, 130, Baker, Tom, 147–48, 178, 242, 246, 251, 275, 409, 448, 451, 460–63, 464, 479 259, 277, 361, 415 American Trial Lawyers Association, BANCBOSTON LITIGATION, 341–42 SEE American Association for Bankruptcy Trusts, 225–26 Justice Baron & Budd, 534 Angelos, Peter, 428–29, 439 Barton, Benjamin, 101, 174, 180 Anticompetitive Ethical Rules, 6, 18, Baseball, 35 57, 73, 82, 91–93, 100, 103, 107 Belli, Melvin, 267, 279–80

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Bergstrom, Randolph E., 221–22, Auctions, 356–59, 462 228–29 Awarded the Fees Requested, 333 Bernstein, David, 131–32 Based on Consumer Protection BEST V.TAYLOR MACHINE WORKS, 170, 407 Statutes, 185–86, 215, 300 BI to PD Claims Ratio, 255 Class Action Fairness Act Bill Padding, 271, 315, 340–41, 344–45 (CAFA), 183, 189, 227, 304, 332, Black, Bernard S., 151, 459 346–49, 365–66, 370 Bless the Fee Experts, 337–39 Clear Sailing Agreement, 336, 337, BOEING V.VAN GEMERT, 325, 337, 370 360, 522 Bogus, Carl T., 83, 90 Common Fund, 311–12, 315, 325–27, Bok, Derek, 84, 313, 326 335–36, 356–57,360, 379, 461–62, Bone, Robert G., 132–33 521–23, 525–26 Born, Patricia, 151, 178, 229, 244, Common Fund Doctrine, 312, 461, 527 277, 283 Conflict of Interest, 110, 335, 522–23 Bounty Hunters, 290, 297, 518 Contract Lawyers, 364, 378–87, BOWER V. WESTINGHOUSE, 193 501, 503 Brickman-Horowitz-O’Connell Coupon Settlements, 346–47,365, 370 Proposal, SEE Early Offer Deterrent Effect of, 292, 296, 393 Proposal Document Review, 313, 379–84, 386, BURNETT V.COMM’R, 71 391–92, 501–03 But for Causation, 537 Fairness Hearing, 180, 337, 384, 389, Butler, Henry N., 70, 86, 209 391–92 Buying the Right to a Tort Claim, 18–19 Fee Audits, 315–16 Byron, (Judge) Nicholas, 188, 190, 212 Fee Setting, 312 Filing of, 188, 322 California Public Employees’ Inflated Settlement Values, 338, Retirement System, 319 349–50 Call Sheet Affair, 534 Intended Purpose, 291 Campaign Contributions, 37, 84, 90, 205, Lead Plaintiffs, 319 207, 318–20, 331, 401, 423, 425–26, Lodestar Cross-Check, 315, 326, 340, 431, 435–36, 533–35 361 Canon 13 (ABA), 26, 47–48, 53 Lodestar Method, 312–13, 326, 328, Case Screening Process, 51–52, 62, 77 340 Cash Cow, 51 Madison County, Ill, 188–89, 210, Cell Phone Litigation, 200 212, 233 CENDANT CORP. SECURITIES LITIGATION, Market Rate, 314, 324, 380–81, 386–87 319, 332, 359, 372 Multipliers, 312, 314–15, 320, 324, 326, Cerebral Palsy Litigation, 395–96, 336, 339, 355, 385, 521–22, 525 403, 534 Percentage Fee, 312–13, 315, 322, 347, Champerty, 19–20, 23, 28, 68, 80, 92, 521, 523, 525 101–03, 530 Percentage Method, 312–13, 315 CIMINO V.RAYMARK IND., 419, 546 Power of, 12, 289, 294–95 CITY OF BURLINGTON V.DAGUE, 325, 526 Professional Plaintiffs, 317, 324, Civil Conspiracy, 196, 216 376, 378 Class Actions Profitability of, 184, 289, 294, 300, 374 Announced Value of Settlement, Pro-Rata Settlement, 345–46 321, 338, 350–51, 356, 371 Response Rates of Class, 351, 353 Attorneys’ Fee Awards, 311, 321, Reversionary Settlement, 345–46, 339, 358 364, 525

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Securities Class Actions, 226, 293, Defensive Medicine, 135, 140, 148, 220, 303, 317–19, 322, 324, 339, 357–59, 241–42, 250–51 373–75, 381–83, 501 Deterrent Effect of Tort System, Settlement of, 188, 193, 226, 293, 305, 135–36, 141, 219, 236, 258, 269, 292, 335, 337, 521 378, 393 Social Benefit, 291 Disability Costs, 240 Special Masters, 316, 343 Discovery, 58, 155, 340–41, 378, 448, 501, Strike Suits, 375 504 Climate Change Litigation, 196–97,199, DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY V. ALFARO, 173 404 Dysfunctional Wealth Transfer, 8, 374 CODES OF ETHICS, SEE Ethical Rules Coffee, John C., 305, 323, 333, 338, 360, Early Offer Proposal, xix, 66, 98, 105, 364, 366, 374, 389 166, 452, 454, 477 Collusion, 63, 70, 71, 86, 323, 335, 353, Economic Damages, SEE Economic Loss 539 Economic Loss, 142–44, 185, 190, 211, Collusive Pricing System, 78 244, 266–71, 273, 283–84, 297, 299, Common Law, 13, 101–02, 146, 161, 170, 416, 455, 459 173, 177, 186, 199, 362, 418 Economic Torts, 185, 187 Conditional Fee, 17, 27, 119 Effective Hourly Rates, 7, 11, 14, 33–35, Consolidations of Suits, 226 37–39, 51, 57, 62, 64, 68, 76, 158, 222, Consumer Products Safety Act 253–54, 263, 265–66, 269, 340, 425, (“CPSA”), 206 445, 489, 494, 497 Consumer Protection Statutes, 185–86, Eisenberg, Theodore, 222, 230, 276, 303, 205, 209, 299–300 305, 320–22, 333, 338, 355, 360, 369 Contingency Fee Financing, 11, 14, 19, Electronic Discovery, 501 91, 108, 120, 123, 222, 409, 447, 451, Electronically Stored Information, 493 379, 501–02 Convergence of Plaintiffs’ and English Rule, 20, 22, 24–25, 119, 449 Defense Lawyers’ Interests, 18, ENRON LITIGATION, 316, 330, 360–61, 376, 159, 166, 176 390 Corcoran, Mary, xix, 1–5, 7, 13, 26, 49, Enterprise Liability, 156 61, 97–100, 117, 166, 452–53, 470–71, EPSON PRINTERS CASE, 354, 360, 369 478, 493 Epstein, Richard A., 145, 161, 166, Corporate Political Contributions, 534 433, 519 Corruption of the Civil Justice System, Erichson, Howard M., 441 7, 15, 61, 108, 415 Ethical Rules, 13–14, 18, 53, 57, 73, 82, Cosmetics Litigation, 342, 344 91–93, 100, 107, 113, 123, 425, 428, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA V. ATLANTIC 438, 452, 454, 470–71 RICHFIELD CO., 441 Exaggerating Litigation Risk, 17, 77, 85 CRAMTON,ROGER, 101 Exclusive Control Over Practice Crawford, Phillip Jr., 381, 390–91, 506 of law, 92, 469–70 Croley, Steven P., 278, 456–57,481 Expert Witnesses, 4, 84, 123, 370, 377, 455 Cross, Frank B., 40, 165, 180 Cross-Subsidy, 49 FACTA LITIGATION, 301 Fair Credit Reporting Act, 300, 306 Daniels, Stephen, 40, 43–45, 256–57, Fair Labor Standards Act, 525 261, 265, 283 Fast Food Litigation, 199 Deceptive Sales Practices, 186, 300 Fee Arbitration, 217, 311, 426–28, 438 Decrease in Worker Productivity, 242 Fee Bills, 22–23

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Fee Fights, 341–42, 345 Hensler, Deborah R., 144, 163–64, 231, Fee Padding, 271, 315, 340–41, 343, 345 234, 243, 535 Fee Setting, 21, 316, 319, 428 Hersch, Joni, 145, 151 Fee Shifting, 26, 263–64, 312, 335–36, HMO Litigation, 395, 401, 507–10, 545 462, 483, 521, 525–26 Hoffman, David, 93, 103 Fen-Phen (Diet Drugs) Litigation, 10, Horowitz, Michael, 13, 66, 105, 452, 118, 183, 193, 234, 305 455, 480 Fiduciary Obligation, 117, 426, 428, 507, Hyman, David A., 147–48, 150–51, 459 524, 527 Field Code, 20, 23–25, 221 Illinois Supreme Court, 170, 177–78, FINANCE AMERICA LITIGATION, 300, 306 190, 400, 452–53, 475 Financial Assistance to Clients, 27, Implied Private Right of Action, 206 92–94, 103–04 Indirect Costs of the Tort System, 240 Financial Incentive to Litigate, 7, 26, Industrial Accidents, 25, 138 33, 155 Industrial Revolution, 20, 25, 79, Florida Supreme Court, 68, 113, 171, 138, 221 179, 486 Injury Rates, 138, 156, 165, 253, 257–59 Ford Pinto, 90, 236, 243–44 Inordinately High Profits, 36, 263, 447, Frank, Ted, 209, 215, 216, 230, 243, 472 307, 365 Insurance Companies, 18, 37, 96, 103, Frequency of Tort Claims, 263, 542 105, 112, 135, 159, 166, 179, 237, Friedman, Gary, 304 245, 256, 277, 321, 397–98, 453–54, Frivolous Litigation, 108, 119, 132 470, 473, 481, 545 IRS Form 37, 342, 358 Galanter, Marc S., 57, 66, 90, 222–23, 230, 233, 243, 412, 420 Jack, (Judge) Janis, xxii, 130, 184, 208 Geistfeld, Mark, 146, 278–79, 281 Jacobs, (Judge) Dennis, 174–75, 180, Geoghegan, Thomas, 230 295, 305 Gifford, Donald, 137, 145, 213, 403 Judges’ Role in Tort Expansion, 6, 8, Gillers, Stephen, 4, 14 154, 172–74, 446 Gilles, Myriam, 304 Judicial Nullification, 170–71 Gilman, Andrew, 383–86, 392 Jury Verdict Research, 38, 44 Glendon, Mary Ann, 161–62 Jury Verdict Variance, 120, 144, 268, Global Warming Litigation, 196–99 282, 475 GM “SIDE SADDLE”TRUCK LITIGATION, 416, 511 Kagan, Robert A., 15, 28, 131, 144, 146, Gramercy Park Explosion, 61, 69 157–58, 160, 162, 165, 167, 169, 239, Greedy trial lawyers, xxi, 8–9 248, 282, 402, 432, 442 Gross, Samuel R., 27–28, 103, 275 Karlan, Pamela S., 125 KENSETH V.COMM’ROFINTERNAL Hadfield, Gillian K., 68, 472, 485–86 REVENUE, 14, 86 Hanson, Jon D., 278, 456–457,481 Kessler, Daniel, 146, 178, 241, Hantler, Steven, 475 250–52, 277 Hay, Bruce L., 14, 27, 89, 102–03 Key to the Courthouse, 8, 11, 19 Health Care Reform Legislation, 203 King, Joseph H. Jr., 269, 282 Helland, Eric, 44, 167, 296, 305, 404, 406, Kinzler, Peter, 455 493–95 KIVALINA V.EXXONMOBIL CORP. Henderson, James A. Jr., 153, 160, 163, ET AL., 214 185, 187, 208 Klick, Jonathan, 296, 305, 404, 406

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Kohn, Harold, 378–79, 389 McClellan, Mark B., 241, 250–51 Kritzer, Herbert, 34–35, 40, 53–55, 58, MCDONALD’S “HOT COFFEE” LITIGATION, 66, 123, 161, 220, 228–29, 246, 415, 414–16 420, 479 Medical Expense Build-Up, 270–74, 285, 453, 457 LATEX ALLERGY LITIGATION, 241, 249 Medical Malpractice, 11, 34, 40, 54–55, Lawyer Advertising, 57, 68, 253–54, 468 61, 69, 80, 82, 89, 135, 139–43, 148, Lawyers’ Increased Incomes, 8, 42, 160, 150, 170–71, 174, 178–79, 204, 220, 253, 266, 446–47 224, 237, 239, 241–42, 244–46, 250–51, LEAD PAINT LITIGATION, 194–96, 439–40 253, 264–65, 268, 270, 276–77,284, LEBRON V.GOTTLIEB MEMORIAL 394–95, 459, 478–79, 486 HOSPITAL, 178 Medical Monitoring, 192–94, 212–13 Legal Aid, 17–18, 26–27,123 Meritorious Litigation, 119–22, 133 Legal Expense Insurance, 449–50, MICRA, 89, 170, 277–78 479, 481, 483 Milberg Weiss, 127, 315–16, 361, 375–78, Lerach, William S., 324, 376, 388 381, 388 Leubsdorf, John, 24, 29–31 Miller, Arthur R., 90, 222–23, 230–31, Levmore, Saul, 62, 70, 89, 102 325 LIGHT CIGARETTES LITIGATION, Miller, Geoffrey P., 58–59, 66–68, 189–91, 211–12 89, 303–04, 309, 320, 322, 332–33, Liptak, Adam, 13, 180, 403, 487 338–39, 361, 371 Litigation Explosion, 3, 8, 11, 161–62, Miller/Eisenberg Study, 320–22 219–24, 228, 230 MODEL RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, Litigation Financing, 9, 14, 17–20, 52, 27, 47, 53, 102–03, 125, 437, 485 94, 108, 120, 123, 222, 409–10, 445, MOLD LITIGATION, 215 451, 493, 529 Monitoring Agreements, 318–19 Litigation Screenings, 108, 117–18, 122, Moss, Michael, 403 129–30, 184, 220, 228, 234, 254, 260, Motley Rice, 195, 430, 439–40 305, 401 Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Litigation, Inc., 455 Syndrome, 240 Litigiousness, 28, 255, 257 Lorber, Leah, 177, 268, 278, 281–82, Nader, Ralph, 454 404–07 Negative Value Case, 291 Loser Pays, 20, 24, 119, 447–51, 460, 479, New Jersey Auto Insurance Rates, 482 255–56, 457 Loss of Chance, 537 New York State Common Retirement LOST PANTS LITIGATION, 205 Fund, 319–20 Louisiana State Employees’ New York Times, 14, 42, 119, 121, 180, Retirement System, 317 256, 259, 320, 377, 441, 451–52, 487 Luban, David, 90, 410, 412, 418, 420 Noneconomic Damages, 142, 160, 178–79, 204–05, 242, 250, 257, Macey, Jonathan R., 371, 485 263–64, 266–70, 277–78, 281, Mandatory Arbitration Clauses, 201 283, 428, 455, 478 Manhattan Institute, 482–83, 533 Non-Recourse Financing, 52, 529 Market Failure, 66, 81, 83, 91, 431 Market Rate for Attorneys’ Fees, 24, O.P.M., 469 91, 314, 324, 380–82, 386–87,390 O’Connell, Jeffrey, 13, 67, 101, 142–43, Martin, Joanne, 40, 43–45, 256–57,261, 146, 151, 271, 279, 281–84, 451, 455, 265, 283 459, 480–82

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Ohio Supreme Court, 114, 116, 128, Privatization of Public 170–71, 529 Policy-Making, 423 OHRALIK V. OHIO STATE BAR ASSN., 114 Product Liability Litigation, 34, 36, 39, Olson, Walter, 123, 217, 222, 229–30, 403, 82, 120, 136–37,144–45, 147, 157, 165, 435, 441, 533, 535 175, 194, 200, 204, 223–24, 241, 246, Optical Character Recognition, 503 249, 258–59, 270, 282, 411, 419, 458 Overcharging Clients, 49–51, 61–62, 83, Profit-Driven Policy Making, 414 315, 493 Prohibition of Contingency Fees in Criminal Cases, 109–11 Pain and Suffering, 12, 143, 170, 177, Propensity to Sue, 15, 253–55, 257 204–05, 250, 257, 263, 265–71, Public Nuisance Litigation, 163, 194–97, 277–80, 283, 446, 448, 455–57,459, 440–41 478, 480, 542 Punitive Damages, 44, 119, 185, 187, 190, Pain and Suffering Multiplier, 270 197, 245, 250, 252, 264–65, 268, 306, Parens Patriae Litigation, 394 394–95, 409–14, 416–20, 448, 478, PAXIL LITIGATION, 189 511–12, 545–46 Pay to Play, 205, 316, 318–19, 324, Purchase of Tort Claims, 92–93 359–60, 426 Perino, Michael, 319, 331, 333, 339, 358, QUI TAM Actions, 518 361, 372 Peterson, Mark A., 163, 243 Race to the courthouse, 376 Plaintiffs’ Win Rates, 55 Ramos, (judge)Charles E., 467–68 Police Power, 169, 177, 394 RANCMAN V.INTERIM SETTLEMENT Policymaking for Profit, 11, 414, 416, FUNDING CORP., 529–30 427, 429, 431–32 Rate of Expansion of Tort Liability, 235 Polinsky, Mitchell A., 136–37,144–45, Real Estate Brokerage Market, 63, 72 164, 258, 261 Redish, Martin H., 517–19 Political Dimension of the Tort Referral System, 82 System, 80, 84, 201, 220, 401, 533–35 Regulation through Litigation, 12, Portfolios of Cases, 34, 39, 49–51, 393–95, 402, 409, 431, 441 63–64, 263 Rent-Seeking, 5–8, 12, 15, 445–46, 451, Posner, (Judge) Richard A., 145, 162, 455, 467–68, 472 173, 175, 180, 208, 221–22, 228–29, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINN. V. WHITE, 487 244–46, 294, 314, 327, 329, 449, 479 Requirement of Injury, 183–84, 192, 214, Power of the Tort Bar, 119, 204, 533–34 300 Pre-Printed Standard Retainer Retroactive Inculpation, 153–55, 163 Agreement, 68 Rhode, Deborah L., 100, 105, 132, 229, Price of Risk, 159, 454 470, 485 Price Rigidity, 64, 72 Risk of Nonrecovery, 48, 53 Priest, George, 14, 137, 145–46, 154, 158, Risk Premium, 19, 48–49 162, 164–65, 176, 181, 222, 229, 252, Risk, Absence of, 10, 61 258, 261, 293, 305, 322, 332, 411, 419, Risk, Cost of, 237 510 Risk, Exaggerating, 85 Private Attorneys General, 186, 205 RITE AID CORPORATION SECURITIES Private Right of Action, 205–06, LITIGATION, 328 373, 375 Ritov, Ilana, 39, 81–82, 89 Private Securities Litigation Reform Rubin, Paul H., 145–47,165–67,181, 247, Act (PSLRA), 317, 319, 330, 358–59, 446, 478 364, 370, 374–76, 388 Rustad, Michael, 244, 411, 419

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Sage, William M., 143–44, 151, 250 Studdert, David M., 147–48 Saks, Michael J., 44, 90, 130, 208, 222–23, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, 294, 375 230, 258, 261 Success Fees, 17, 27 Santore, Rudy, 27, 86, 89, 102–03 Sugarman, Stephen D., 27, 137, 145, 258, Scales, Adam, 101, 160 261, 269, 282, 486 Schneyer, Ted, 40, 58, 66, 232 Sunshine Laws, 36 Schonbrun, Larry, 352 Sunstein, Cass, 120, 131 Schuck, Peter H., 180 SYNTHROID MARKETING LITIG., 68 Schwartz, Gary T., 90, 136, 145, 229, 243 Tabarrok, Alex, 38, 44, 130, 167, 489–95, Schwartz, Victor E., 177, 204, 209, 212, 497 268, 278, 281, 404–07 Taylor, Stuart Jr., 8, 164, 441, 485 Screening Cases, SEE CASE Screening Texas Supreme Court, 172–73, Process 179, 438–39, 475 Scruggs, Richard “Dickie”, 401, 407, 423, Threat Posed by Tort Reform, 83 434, 507–10 Tillery, Stephen, 188–90 Sears Automotive Class Action, 352 Tillinghast, Towers Perrin, 44, 144, Sebok, Anthony J., 148–49, 531 148, 237–38, 240, 244–48, Securities Litigation Uniform 279, 491 Standards Act (SLUSA), 375 Time Records, 85, 315, 329, 340–41, Self-Regulatory Status, 11, 469, 471 343–44, 364 Separately Paid Fee Ploy, 522 Tobacco Litigation, 216, 245, 395, Shadle, John H., 148 401, 407, 423, 425, 428, 431, Shapo, Marshall S., 164 433–35, 438–39, 507 Shavell, Steven, 136–37,144–46, 164, Torkelson, John, 377 219–20, 228, 258, 261 Tort Claim Valuation, 224, 263, 266 Shukaitis, Mark J., 27, 102 Tort Costs, 44, 238–39, 244–47 SILICONE BREAST IMPLANT LITIGATION, Tort Costs as a Percentage of GDP, 227, 305 238–39, 247 Silver, Charles, 16, 39–40, 58–59, 66–68, Tort Reform, 34, 36, 83–84, 119, 70–71, 89, 134, 147–48, 150–51, 276, 121–22, 130, 141, 159, 166–67, 304, 338, 360, 459, 523, 527 169–70, 176–78, 183, 201, 220, Sloan, Frank A., 148, 282 222–24, 241, 243, 250, 265, Social Insurance Program, 138–39 277–78, 401, 415, 447–49, 451, Special Rules for Lawyers, 174 454, 459–60, 475–76, 478, Speiser, Stuart M., 66, 83, 90 480, 493 Standard Contingency Fee, 5, 48–49, Tort Reform Wars, 119, 169, 172, 183, 51–52, 60, 62–63, 65, 72–73, 76–77, 220, 409, 451 79–82, 86–87,94–96, 102, 114, 116, Tort System Benefits, 236 121, 450, 452, 492, 530 Tort System Costs, 44, 137, 236–43, STATE EX REL. OHIO ACADEMY OF TRIAL 244–45, 247, 253 LAWYERS V. SHEWARD, 178 Tort System, Development of, 135, STATE FARM OEM LITIGATION, 219, 395, 137–38, 153 397, 399–400 Tort System, Inefficiency, 135 State Supreme Courts, 10–11, 19, 47, 60, Tort System, Lawyer’s Fees, 144 92–93, 160, 169–70, 172, 183, 204, 402, TOSHIBA LAPTOP LITIGATION, 455, 469, 471–72, 474–77,529 297–99 STATON V. BOEING, 526 Transaction Costs, 63, 135 Stock Options, 108–09, 124, 538 Transfer of Wealth, 431, 442

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Twerski, Aaron D., 153, 160 Whiplash, 263, 274, 541–44 TYCO SECURITIES LITIGATION, 361–62, Weiss, Melvyn, , 324, 376, 388 380–81, 390–91 Win Some, Lose Some, 50 Witt, John Fabian, 15, 137–38, 146–47, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 90, 323, 167, 222, 229, 279–80 401, 475, 533, 535 Wolfram, Charles W., 52, 86, 101, UBS LITIGATION, 525–26 103–04, 125, 267, 279, 282 Unauthorized Practice of Law, 6, Wolin, Alfred, 361–62 96–99, 103, 470, 472–74 Workers’ Compensation, 44, 89, 138, 163, Uniform Contingency Fee Pricing, 177, 208 62–63, 65, 78, 91 Union Pacific Railroad, 97–98, 470 XEROX SECURITIES LITIGATION, 317, 361, 380, 383–84, 390 Vasil, Stephen, 383–86, 391–92 Viard, Alan D., 27, 86, 89, 102–03 Yablon, Charles M., 124, 133 Vidmar, Neil, 131, 148, 246, 283, Yeazell, Stephen C., 40, 162–64 415, 420 VIOXX LITIGATION, 187 Zamir, Eyal, 39, 81–82, 89 Viscusi, Kip W., 137, 145, 151, 167, 178, zander, Michael, 26, 124 222, 229, 244, 277, 282, 402, 409–10, Zero Based Accounting Scheme, 4, 48, 418–19, 436, 442–43 61, 94, 98 Zipursky, Benjamin C., 145 Walker, (Judge) Vaughn, 356, 462–63, ZYPREXA PRODS. LIAB. LITIG., 483 58, 66 Weinstein, (Judge) Jack B., 58, 164, 176, Zywicki, Todd, 147, 173, 176, 180–81, 294, 180, 190–91, 211, 304 305