https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/election-dejection/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/election-dejection/comment-page-1/#comment-5323 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:56:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4391#comment-5323 Qui tam and SOX especially were different political animals. I suppose we’ll have to see how the first 100 hours goes to see how quick Bush is to veto.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/election-dejection/comment-page-1/#comment-5322 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:52:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4391#comment-5322 Bush didn’t veto Sarbanes-Oxley or the Grassley expansion of qui tam.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/election-dejection/comment-page-1/#comment-5321 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:02:11 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4391#comment-5321 I’m not going to speculate on whether the Dems attempt to expand causes of action. I will speculate that Bush would veto any such attempt. Your thoughts?

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/election-dejection/comment-page-1/#comment-5320 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:33:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4391#comment-5320 I had heard that trial lawyers were the number 1 contributors to the Democratic party. Part of the Republicans long term consolidation of power thus included tort reform and severe limitations on awards in an attempt to starve their funding sources. So much for that.

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