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  Small businesses hit hard by lawsuit abuse

  By Sick of Lawsuits | Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016 @ 2:55pm

  Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. According to the National Federation of Independent Business (NIFB), America’s leading small business association, small businesses in this country employ about half of private-sector employees, have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade, and create more than half of nonfarm private gross domestic product. Yet these businesses are increasingly targeted with frivolous lawsuits by plaintiff’s attorneys that use ev

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• U.S. litigation environment is a profound weakness

  By Sick of Lawsuits | Friday, Aug 21, 2015 @ 8:37am

  A recent column in Forbes called our litigation system and “the explosion of frivolous lawsuits” in our country “one of our economy’s most profound weaknesses.” The piece, which urges readers to support legislation or reform that seeks to put a stop to abusive litigation, argues that the fear of litigation in our country limits freedom, economic growth, and innovation.

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• Jury finds man with depression not disabled, Fifth Circuit affirms

  By David Yates | Monday, Nov 11, 2013 @ 3:56pm

  NEW ORLEANS - On Nov. 6, Texan Jeffrey Neely, who sought to appeal an adverse jury verdict, received no help from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, as justices ruled that jurors were allowed to conclude that he was not a qualified individual with a disability.

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• Letter blasts coverage of detainee's Limbaugh ordeal

  By The SE Texas Record | Monday, Oct 17, 2011 @ 8:50am

  Dear Editor,

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