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Like many other antispam advocates, Barrett prefers the model of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which effectively put an end to junk faxes by allowing consumers to sue senders at a rate of up to $500 for every unsolicited fax. California is expected to pass a bill that would do the same thing for unwanted e-mails sent to or from any computer in the state. It would also require spammers to use only opt-in lists for their targets. The problem? It's just one state, and 28 other states have entirely different antispam laws...
...medical malpractice issue is a great one if you're a Democrat siding with the lawyers who sue, or if you're a Republican looking out for the doctors and insurers who get sued. It's not so great if you're trying to find a compromise among these powerful, warring professions. But Senator Dianne Feinstein, a liberal Democrat from California, decided to give it a try, and her experience is a case study in how the politics of malpractice insurance works--or doesn't--in Washington...
...reform is going nowhere. Both sides in the debate, horns locked, have succeeded mainly in confusing the issues. Trial lawyers talk a lot about the "right to sue" when something goes wrong. But what about the right of doctors to a system of justice that reliably distinguishes between right and wrong? Meanwhile, the tort reform pushed by doctors is like a bandage on a mortal wound. Placing limits on discretionary "noneconomic" damages may stem today's bleeding and is certainly one element of controlling costs--$1 million to a plaintiff is $1 million less to take care of the rest...
Harvard coach Sue Caples gave her team tremendous credit for turning its season around down the stretch just in time to capture the program’s second at-large bid in three years...
...Coach Sue Caples...