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SEPTEMBER 2008
09/04/08	Op-Ed	Robert P. Murphy	Sacramento Union: Why Cracking Down on Oil Speculators Will Hurt Consumers
09/04/08	Op-Ed	Jason Clemens	World Net Daily: Why McCain needs to read Goldwater
09/01/08	Op-Ed	Jason Clemens	FrontPage.com: Labor Day: What Are We Celebrating?

AUGUST 2008
08/29/08	Clipping	Lawrence McQuillan	Point of Law: Sarah Palin on legal reform, Exxon Valdez and polar bears
08/27/08	Letter to Editor	Lawrence McQuillan	St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO): Don't undermine advance in reform of medical malpractice
08/27/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	ActiveRain Real Estate Network (WA): Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living
08/25/08	Op-Ed	Jason Clemens	The Oklahoman: Labor reform debate needed
08/24/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	MSNBC.com: Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living
08/24/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The Orlando Sentinel (FL): Judicial races much too vital to bypass in the voting booth
08/22/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Sacramento Business Journal: How has the state's legal climate changed since tort reform was enacted?
08/22/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Columbus Business First (OH): How has the state's legal climate changed since tort reform was enacted?
08/22/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Mississippi Business Journal: Study: State is a 'saint'
08/21/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	How To Do Just About Everything: Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living
08/21/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Yahoo! Finance: Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living
08/19/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Y'All Politics: MS ranks as 9th best in US for tort status
08/19/08	Op-Ed	K. Lloyd Billingsley	California Republic.org: How Water, Oil, and Government Mix in California
08/18/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Forbes.com: Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living
08/18/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	TMCnet.com(CT): INSURANCE: Small business owners try to manage higher premiums.
08/17/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Tonawanda News (NY): INSURANCE: Small business owners try to manage higher premiums.
08/15/08	Clipping	PRI	Human Events: Vive la Reagan Revolution
08/15/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The Desert Sun (Palm Springs CA): Tort abuse is costing California billions of dollars
08/15/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Myrtle Beach Herald (SC): It's more than a pants suit
08/14/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Fraud on the Court (FL): Crist's court appointments can end 'lawsuit lottery'
08/14/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	CF PolicyBlog: Only 40 states have a better business climate than Pennsylvania
08/14/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Tallahassee Democrat (FL): Crist's court appointments can end 'lawsuit lottery'
08/13/08	Letter to Editor	Lawrence McQuillan	Ironton Tribune(OH): State’s tort reform laws among nation’s best
08/11/08	Clipping	K. Lloyd Billingsley	FrontPage.com: Sing a Song of Freedom
08/10/08	Letter to the Editor	Lawrence McQuillan	Chillicothe Gazette: Ohio sets tort example for other states
08/07/08	Letter to the Editor	Lawrence McQuillan	Charleston Gazette (WV): 'Facts' cited in Steve Cohen's attack on judicial system not credible
08/06/08	Blog	Lawrence McQuillan	NJ Business Matters: Fixing New Jersey's Legal Climate
08/06/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Ironton Tribune (OH): Excessive regulation stifles state’s growth
08/05/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Chillicothe Gazette (OH): Excessive regulations a major barrier to business growth
08/05/08	Letter to Editor	Lawrence McQuillan	Bucyrus Telegraph Forum (OH): Tort reform: Ohio sets good example
08/03/08	Op-Ed	D. Ballon L. McQuillan	The Herald (Bourbonnais, IL): Congress aims to rob consumers and reward major retailers
08/03/08	Op-Ed	D. Ballon L. McQuillan	Jackson County Banner (Brownstown, IN): Congress aims to rob consumers and reward major retailers
08/01/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The West Virginia Record (WV): Forbes ranks W.Va. last again for business
08/01/08	Speech	Lawrence McQuillan	2008 ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Meeting in Chicago, IL

JULY 2008
07/31/08	Clipping	Robert Murphy	Capital Weekly: The annual budget paradox: taxes hit Dems, cuts hit Reeps
07/31/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Forbes.com: The Best States for Business
07/30/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Sacramento Union: California’s Spending Binge Breaks Budget
07/29/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Chief Executive Magazine: Increasing Liability Risks Threaten Growth and Trouble Boards
07/26/08	Op-Ed	D. Ballon L. McQuillan	Liberty Vindicator (TX): Congress aims to rob consumers and reward major retailers
07/25/08	Study	J. Clemens L. McQuillan K.L. Billingsley A. Frey	Burdening Foundations: Economic Costs of Assembly Bill 624
07/24/08	Clipping	Lawrence McQuillan	New Jersey Record: Speaker criticizes N.J. climate for firms facing suits
07/24/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Disloyal Opposition: Phoenix: Not so free, not so unfree
07/23/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence McQuillan	Charleston Daily Mail (WV): Partisan election of judges doesn't help
07/23/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	San Jose Mercury News: Soaking the rich won't solve boom-and-bust cycles
07/22/08	Video	Lawrence McQuillan	New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance: Finding a Fix for New Jersey's Climate Woes
07/22/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	New Jersey Business Matters: Solidify California as the Nation's Medicine Chest
07/21/08	Blog	Robert Murphy	Headspace & Timing: Oil Prices. How they work.
07/18/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Morris Daily Herald: Illinois needs lawsuit reform
07/16/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Southeast Texas Record: The Cost of Crooked Lawyers
07/15/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Y'all Politics: Manufactured Lawsuits: The Cost of Crooked Lawyers
07/12/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Rose speaks: Does Richard "Dickie" Scruggs and John O'Quinn have Anything in Common?
07/12/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Houston Chronicle: The Cost of Crooked Lawyers
07/10/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Sacramento Union: Smaller Government is Only Solution to Budget Crisis
07/09/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	N.C. Business Litigation Report: The North Carolina Business Court Is A "Model For the Nation"
07/06/08	Clipping	Lawrence McQuillan	New York Times: Letters: The Tort War, Unresolved
07/05/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Townhall.com: Politicians Tell Big Oil How to Make Billions
07/05/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Corvette Forum: Politicians Tell Big Oil How to Make Billions
07/05/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	State Journal-Register (IL): Illinois the ‘Lawsuit Capital of the Midwest’
07/04/08	Op-Ed	Tibor Machan	Yuma Sun (AZ): America's special principles spread around world now
07/04/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	TortProfBlog.com: Baker, Kritzer, & Vidmar on Jackpot Justice
07/03/08	Blog	Lawrence McQuillan	American Courthouse: Trenton Makes, Trial Lawyers Take
07/02/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Nicodemo & Wilson Bull's-Eye Blog: 83000 Versus...5! What "Lawsuit Crisis?"
07/02/08	Interview	Lawrence McQuillan	Monterey, CA Cable TV : Host David Keyston - a flat income tax for California
07/01/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence McQuillan	Mobile Press-Register (AL): More tort changes needed
07/01/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Motor Trend Forum: Texas and Tort Lawsuits
07/01/08	Clipping	Lawrence McQuillan	Budget & Tax News (Heartland Institute): Budget Expert, Tax Watchdog Sound Caution Over Lottery Plan

JUNE 2008
06/29/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The Madison-St. Clair Record (IL): Grassroots effort help stops 'Lawyers Get Work Act'
06/25/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN): Tennessee ranked best for business in tort liability study
06/25/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	TMCnet.com: Tennessee ranked best for business in tort liability study
06/24/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	National Underwriter (NJ): Group Says Illinois Has Worst Litigation Climate
06/23/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan	Star-Ledger (NJ): Tort reform would spark lagging local economy
06/23/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Buffalo News (NY): Rising Demand, Weak Dollar Cause Pain at the Pump
06/19/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Newswire: Directorship’s Annual Boardroom Guide to State Litigation Climates
06/19/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan D. Ballon	Home Accent Today: New legislation could lower credit card interchange fees
06/18/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence McQuillan	Tampa Tribune: Florida Offers Case Study In Worthy Legal Reform
06/17/08	Letter to Editor	Lawrence McQuillan	The Oklahoman: Regress assured
06/14/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Orlando Sentinel: The ball's in Crist's court
06/14/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Courant.com: Oportunidad histórica
06/12/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Sacramento Union: Why Rent Control Is Bad for California
06/11/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	American Courthouse: Tort Reform=Strong State Economies, Healthy State Budgets
06/11/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	St. Petersburg Times: Court picks are key
06/10/08	Op-Ed	K. Lloyd Billingsley	The Eureka Reporter: Proposition 13 turns 30
06/09/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence McQuillan	San Jose Mercury News: California lawmakers must help economy with tort reform
06/07/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Press-Enterprise (CA): Adopt a flax tax to avoid chronic budget crises
06/06/08	Op-Ed	K. Lloyd Billingsley	Halfway to Concord: Proposition 13 turns 30
06/01/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan S.Pipes	Townhall Magazine: High (Tax) Times in California?
06/01/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan D. Ballon	The Examiner (D.C.): Why rob consumers to reward retailers?
06/01/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence McQuillan	The Press Register (Mobile, AL): Good tort system a budget key
06/01/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Directorship Magazine: State Litigation Guide

MAY 2008
05/31/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Townhall: The Government's Scapegoats
05/27/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The Daily Aztec (SDSU): Don't make me pay for others' frivolous lawsuits
05/26/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan D. Ballon	The Examiner (D.C.): Why rob consumers to reward retailers?
05/26/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan D. Ballon	The S.F. Examiner: Why rob consumers to reward retailers?
05/23/08	Op-Ed	K. Lloyd Billingsley	California Republic.org: Cleaner Environment Not Necessarily in the Bag
05/23/08	Clipping	Robert Murphy	Democratic Underground: Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/22/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Sacramento Union: How a flat income tax can help California
05/21/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Politicker NJ.com: Health Care Reform Begins With Tort Reform
05/19/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Legal Newsline (IL): Fitzgerald to become Illinois chief justice
05/19/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Madison-St. Clair Record (IL): Fitzgerald to become Illinois chief justice
05/17/08	Radio	Robert Murphy	KNBR, San Francisco - On Business with Gary Allen: Ending the Revenue Rollercoaster - The Benefits of a Three Percent Flat Income Tax for California
05/15/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	San Jose Mercury News: A flat state tax
05/14/08	Clipping	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Education Week: Republicans should insist on a constitutional budget reform plan in exchange for support for additional revenues in budget negotiations
05/14/08	Radio	Robert Murphy	Crosstalk on KCLU (NPR in Santa Barbara); Ending the Revenue Rollercoaster - The Benefits of a Three Percent Flat Income Tax for California
05/14/08	Radio	Robert Murphy	Mayor Dick DeWees guest hosting the Andy Caldwell show on KINF 1440 (Santa Maria): Ending the Revenue Rollercoaster - The Benefits of a Three Percent Flat Income Tax for California
05/14/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan	Detroit News (MI): Limiting lawsuit abuses lowers costs from litigation, creates jobs in long run
05/14/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	VIMENN.NO (Oslo, Norway): Lotto i rettssalen - Jackpot Justice
05/13/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	WBYS 1560-AM (Canton, IL): U.S. Tort Liability Index
05/12/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	San Jose Mercury News: Flat state income tax shows promise
05/12/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Barron's: Designing the Market's Mechanisms
05/12/08	Blog	Robert Murphy	San Diego Union Tribune: New speaker's agenda
05/12/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Eureka Reporter: How a flat income tax can help California
05/10/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Argus (Fremont, CA): Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/10/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Wall Street Journal: Mississippi's Tort Reform Triumph
05/10/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Tallahasee Democrat (FL): State must end lawsuit abuse
05/10/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Oakland Tribune (CA): Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/10/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA): Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/09/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	San Jose Mercury (CA): Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/08/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	NewsDaily Breeze (Torrance, CA): Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/08/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA): Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/08/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Sacramento Bee: Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/08/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	TMCnet.com: Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/08/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Scripps Howard News Service: Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/08/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Sacramento Bee: Conservative flat tax idea could serve liberal ends
05/07/08	Capital Ideas	Robert Murphy	How a Flat Income Tax Can Help California Avoid Fiscal Crises
05/07/08	Op-Ed	Sally C. Pipes	California Republic: Actions Speak Louder than Words
05/06/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Sun-Sentinel(FL): Florida Legislature needed to act to stop lawsuit abuse
05/06/08	Study	Robert Murphy	Ending the Revenue Rollercoaster - The Benefits of a Three Percent Flat Income Tax for California
05/06/08	Press Release	PRI	PRI Introduces a 3% Flat Income Tax Rate Plan for Californians
05/06/08	Event	L. McQuillan R. Murphy	Ending the Revenue Rollercoaster - The Benefits of a Three Percent Flat Income Tax for California
05/03/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The Oaklahoman: An effective stimulus package
05/02/08	Clipping	Tibor R. Machan	Yuma Sun (AZ): Issue of taxation worthwhile topic for the candidates

APRIL 2008
04/28/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Naples Daily News(FL): Still more work to do
04/28/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Southeast Texas Record (Beaumont, TX): Report shows lawsuit reforms boost local economy
04/27/08	Blog	Tibor Machan	The Bull Cutter: Free Speech is NOT Total
04/24/08	Letter to the Editor	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Sacramento Bee: The Case for the Flat Tax
04/24/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The Record (NJ):Businesses fear N.J. courts
04/23/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	West Virgina Register: Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
04/23/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Bluefield Daily Telegraph (WV): Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
04/23/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, TX): Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
04/23/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Fayette Tribune (Oak Hill, WV): Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
04/23/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Herald (Montgomery, WV): Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
04/22/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Point of Law.com (Manhattan Institute): Prebuttals, Insults and Intellectual Honesty
04/22/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Register-Herald Reporter (WV): W.Va. ranked 50th in legal climate
04/21/08	Clipping	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Desert Dispatch (CA): Private Workers and CalPERS a bad mix
04/21/08	Clipping	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Orange County Register: A Well-Intentioned Bad Idea
04/18/08	Letter to the Editor	Robert Murphy	Wall Street Journal: Is Health Care Married to the Mob?
04/17/08	Op-Ed	K. Lloyd Billingsley	Sacramento Union: Commie Dearest
04/15/08 04/14/08	Event	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Washington Policy Center, Government Reform 2008: Making Government Work for Taxpayers
04/14/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Triangle Business Journal (NC): North Carolina Found to be Friendly to Business in Tort Cases
04/11/08	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Forbes.com: Jump-Starting The Economy
04/10/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Florida Today (Melbourne, FL):Enact reform to fight frivolous lawsuits
04/08/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	CBS-4 KGBT (Harlington, TX):Forbes: Starr County Among 'Worst Places in America to Get Sued'
04/07/08	Radio	Robert Murphy	KALW's radio program City Visions: California's Tax Policies: How Do They Affect Your Bottom Line?
04/07/08	Op-ed	Robert Murphy	Library of Economics and Liberty: Oil Prices
04/07/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Forbes.com: The Worst Places To Get Sued In America
04/06/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Boca Raton News (FL): Abuse
04/02/08	Cap Ideas	K. Lloyd Billingsley	Commie Dearest
04/02/08	TV	Lee Hoskins	CNBC - Kudlow and Company: Market Drilldown
04/02/08	TV	Lee Hoskins	CNBC - Kudlow and Company: Bernanke on the Hot Seat

MARCH 2008
03/31/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Tort report: Va. a ‘sucker,’ Md. a ‘sinner’
03/28/08	TV	Lee Hoskins	CNBC - Kudlow and Company: Discussing the Fed
03/28/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Colorado Springs Business Journal: Restrictive legislation doesn’t always equate to lower costs
03/27/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Quad Cities Online(IL): Illinois is a lawsuit magnet
03/26/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Free Lance Star (VA): We aren't the world
03/25/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Insurance Journal:Trial Lawyers Say Recent Study Proves Tort Reform Doesn't Work
03/23/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Springfield State Journal-Register (IL): Illinois is a lawsuit magnet
03/21/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Morris Daily Herald (IL): Illinois is a lawsuit magnet
03/19/08	Radio	Lawrence J. McQuillan	America's Business with Mike Hambrick: U.S. Tort Liability Index interview
03/18/08	TV	Lee Hoskins	CNBC "Larry Kudlow" Show: Battling Wall St. Crisis
03/18/08	Clipping	Robert Murphy Lee Hoskins	New York Times: The Fed at the Buzzer
03/18/08	Blog	Lawrence J. McQuillan	News & Observer (NC): Is N.C. a 'sucker' state?
03/17/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy Lee Hoskins	Forbes.com: Memo To The Fed: Stop Those Rate Cuts
03/17/08	Clipping	Robert Murphy Lee Hoskins	All About Investiment: Gold Jumps 3% on Fed's "Sunday Special" as Stocks, Bonds & Currencies Enter "Genuine Panic"
03/17/08	Clipping	Robert Murphy Lee Hoskins	Bullion Vault: Gold Jumps 3% on Fed's "Sunday Special" as Stocks, Bonds & Currencies Enter "Genuine Panic"
03/17/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Commonwealth Foundation (PA): PA Ranks 45th in Tort Liability
03/17/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Barbara Weltman Blog: Small Business Idea of the Day
03/16/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Florida Orthopaedic Society: Report compares state tort environments.
03/16/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Tuscaloosa News (AL): Legislature slow to pass bills in 2008 session Rural Action Commission online
03/15/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	San Joaquin Valleyfornia: Walters - California a 'sinner' on lawsuits
03/14/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Sacramento Bee -"Capital Alerts" blog: California a "sinner" on lawsuits
03/14/08	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	University of Baltimore Law Library: U.S. Tort Liability Index: State Tort Liability Rankings
03/14/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Insurance Journal (CA): 2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
03/13/08	Radio	Robert Murphy	I Object! Justice Examined Show: Interview about mortgage crisis with Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. Syndicated on the Right Talk Radio network.
03/12/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	The Bulletin (Philadelphia,PA): Study: Pa.'s Tort System Nearly The Worst
03/12/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	reviewjournal.com: Group ranks Nevada 36th in tort reform
03/11/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Docuticker: Pacific Research Institute Releases 2008 State-By-State Ranking of the Best and Worst Tort Systems in America
03/11/08	Op-ed	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Denver Business Journal: Report praises Colorado's tort laws
03/11/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	ShopFloor.org: Legal Costs, Driving Out Economic Growth
03/11/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Madison-St. Clair Record (IL): Study: Illinois ranked among worst in tort laws and costs
03/11/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	LegalNewsline.com: Illinois, NY among usual tort suspects in PRI study
03/11/08	Audio	Lawrence J. McQuillan	American Justice Partnership Foundation: New study from PRI further documents economic performance tied directly to health of legal system
03/11/08	Press Release	PRI	Pacific Research Institute Releases 2008 State-By-State Ranking of the Best and Worst Tort Systems in America
03/11/08	Study	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report
03/10/08	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Waterbury Republican American:Town leaders knew of rising trash fees
03/08/08	Op-Ed	K. Lloyd Billingsley	Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal: Big Brother eyes racial makeup of foundations, nonprofits
03/08/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Townhall.com:On Those Oil Profits
03/07/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Sacramento Union: Why California's "Budget Wolf" Has Returned
03/05/08	Speech	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Economic Roundtable of San Francisco: The True Cost of Lawsuit Abuse and How to Fix It
03/03/08	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Flash Report: Making the Mortgage Mess Worse
03/02/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Los Angeles Times: Re: Bill Stall, "Even Reagan Raised Taxes," Opinion, Feb. 26

FEBRUARY 2008
02/28/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence McQuillan	California Republic: Why California's "Budget Wolf" Has Returned
02/27/08	Capital Ideas	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Why California's "Budget Wolf" Has Returned
02/22/08	Op-Ed	Lawrence J. McQuillan	National Review: Terminating Fiscal Conservatism
02/21/08	Interview	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Berlingske (Danish): Interviewed by Marcus Aggersbjerg for a story on the U.S. tort liability system.
02/08/08	Op-Ed	K. Lloyd Billingsley	Silicon Valley/San Jose Business News: Big Brother eyes racial makeup of foundations, nonprofits

JANUARY 2008
01/28/08	Video	Lee Hoskins	CNBC News: Interest Rate Forecasts
01/23/08	Capital Ideas	K. Lloyd Billingsley	Big Brother Targets Foundations and Nonprofits
01/22/08	Op-Ed	Tibor Machan	Desert Dispatch (Barstow, CA), Government lacks magic bullet to kill recessions
01/22/08	Clipping	Lee Hoskins	Bloomberg News: Fed Was `Premature' to Cut Rates, Former Central Banker Says
01/22/08	Blog	Robert Murphy	The Fed Painted Into a Keynesian Corner
01/18/08	Op-Ed	Tibor Machan	Yuma Sun: Private efforts result in better problem solving
01/16/08	Event	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Luncheon: True Hollywood Scandals: The Courtroom Legacy of Anna Nicole Smith
01/16/08	Video	PRI Event	True Hollywood Scandals: The Courtroom Legacy of Anna Nicole Smith
01/15/08	Meeting	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Advised John Kasich's office in Ohio on California's budget developments
01/11/08	Blog	Robert Murphy	The Writers Strike and Jay Leno's Monologue
01/10/08	Conference Call	Lawrence J. McQuillan	The California state budget with members of the governor's senior staff
01/02/08	Radio	Josh Treviño	KGO-AM Radio: Josh Treviño's interview with Ronn Owens - California's Top 10 Policy Blunders of 2007

DECEMBER 2007
12/28/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	The Fed's Role in the Housing Bubble
12/28/07	Blog	Sebastian Wisniewski	How to Make Americans Economically Savvier?
12/16/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Birmingham News (AL): Economic Policy Institute study kowtows to greed of personal injury lawyers
12/14/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	Economic growth relies on production, not just spending.
12/13/07	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Investor's Business Daily: Socialized Oil Can't Replace Market Sense
12/11/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Tyler Morning Telegraph (TX): Capping Jury Verdicts Boon For Health Care
12/05/07	Event	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Keynote Address: Colorado Civil Justice League Annual Legislative Awards Luncheon, Westin Tabor Center, Denver
12/04/07	Blog	Sebastian Wisniewski	A Virtual Economy Case Study
12/01/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Governing Magazine: Reconsidering Suit Ability
12/01/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Anniston Star (AL): Real tort tax doesn't have much to do with lawsuits
12/01/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Birmingham News (AL): Real tort tax doesn't have much to do with lawsuits

NOVEMBER 2007
11/30/07	Blog	Sebastian Wisnieski	The case against California’s minimum wage hike
11/28/07	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan	San Francisco Daily Journal: Litigation Lunacy
11/28/07	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan	Los Angeles Daily Journal: Litigation Lunacy
11/28/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Hawaii Reporter: Tort reform the right cure for Texas' doctor shortage
11/23/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Houston Chronicle: Tort reform the right cure for Texas' doctor shortage
11/21/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	"Can Free Markets Be Designed?" (on Forbes.com)
11/18/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Decatur Wise County Messenger (TX): Texas tort reform: Just what the doctor ordered
11/16/07	Op-Ed	Tibor Machan	Yuma Daily Sun (AZ): Rational approach won't work against irrational beliefs
11/16/07	Clipping	Lawrence J. McQuillan	Shared Economic Growth.com: If Outsourcing is a Problem, It's a Tax Problem
11/16/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	Greenspan's Suggestion for Measuring the Federal Deficit
11/15/07	Op-Ed	Robert Murphy	Forbes: Can Free Markets Be Designed?
11/15/07	Event	Lawrence J. McQuillan	PRI Event: Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism
11/14/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Ohio Beacon Journal: Ohio can give Michigan the business
11/14/07- 11/12/07	Conference	Lawrence J. McQuillan	American Tort Reform Association: Annual Conference for State Coalition Leaders in Austin, Texas
11/08/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	"Will we run out of oil?" is the wrong question.
11/01/07	Blog	Sebastian Wisniewski	Online Loans Transform Microfinance

OCTOBER 2007
10/31/07	Op-Ed	Matthew Piccolo	SPN News: Mountain of debt looms over California
10/31/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	Price controls: Don't work now, and didn't work then.
10/29/07	Op-Ed	L.McQuillan Matthew Piccolo	San Francisco Examiner: California’s outdated method of budgeting needs a retooling
10/24/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	The Euro Solution to High Oil Prices?
10/22/07	Blog	Robert Murphy	I'm sorry I make so much more than you...
10/22/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan Josh Treviño	NAM Newsletter FLAG Communication Weekly: Organized Crime in Vegas, Caused by Lead?
10/21/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan Josh Treviño	NAM: Organized Crime in Vegas, Caused by Lead?
10/19/07	Op-Ed	L. McQuillan	Las Vegas Business Press: Mob may be a memory, but culture of corruption lives on
10/18/07	Blog	L. McQuillan	California Has A Lot of Class (Action Lawsuits, That Is)
10/16/07	Event	Lawrence J. McQuillan	U.S. Chamber of Commerce conference: Litigation in California - It's Everybody's Business
10/15/07	Golden Fleece Award	Steven Greenhut	Continuing Property Wrongs Since Prop. 90's Defeat
10/12/07	Op-Ed	Steven Greenhut	Sacramento Union: Continuing property wrongs since Prop 90's defeat
10/08/07	Op-Ed	Kevin Dayton	L.A. Business Journal: Union Staffing Demands Dim Market for Solar Panels
10/05/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Baltimore Examiner: Maryland health care in jeopardy
10/05/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Washington Examiner: Hard times descend on super-lawyer land
10/04/07	Clipping	Lee Hoskins	Bloomberg News: Fed Rate Cut Skepticism Spreads From Bank Presidents
10/03/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Royse City Herald-Record (TX): Faces You Never See -- The Hidden Costs of Litigation
10/03/07	Event	L. McQuillan	Attended conference in Sacramento titled "Debt in California: How Much Is Too Much?"

SEPTEMBER 2007
09/28/07	Op-Ed	Steve Hantler	Boston Herald: Lawsuits causing economic injustice
09/27/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Rockwell Herald-Record (TX): Faces You Never See -- The Hidden Costs of Litigation
09/27/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Southeast Texas Record: Faces You Never See -- The Hidden Costs of Litigation
09/26/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan	San Francisco Examiner: Sky-high real estate out of reach for many
09/25/07	Op-Ed	Steven Greenhut	Flash Report: Continuing property wrongs since Prop 90's defeat
09/18/07	Event	L. McQuillan	Washington, D.C: Conservative Summit on Labor Issues
09/18/07	Clipping	Lee Hoskins	Bloomberg News: Fed Lowers Rate to 4.75 Percent, First Cut Since 2003 (Update6)
09/14/07	Op-Ed	Kevin Dayton	Orange County Register: Unions sue to preserve inflated wages
09/14/07	Blog	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	National Review - The Corner: Is there a doctor in the house ... who hasn’t been sued?
09/14/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Washington Examiner: Is there a doctor in the house ... who hasn’t been sued?
09/13/07	Speech	L. McQuillan	Republican Women's Group of Paradise, California: Jackpot Justice
09/07/07	Op-Ed	Sally C. Pipes	RealClearPolitics.com: Patent Reform is a Fool's Errand
09/01/07	Op-Ed	Hovannes Abramyan	Press Enterprise: Labor Anxiety
09/01/07	Clipping	L. McQuillan H. Abramyan	Business North Carolina: State recruiting efforts get a dose of court aid
09/01/07	Outreach	L. McQuillan	USC Law School: Tort Class required to read Wall Street Journal: The Tort Tax

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