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Article: Center For Justice And Democracy Fights Back Against Tort Reform

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January 24, 2001
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NEW YORK, Jan. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Center For Justice And Democracy:

With the Bush administration threatening to make federal "tort reform" a front burner issue and with many state lawmakers under pressure to do the same, the Center for Justice & Democracy (CJ&D) announced today that it will be "releasing a series of new studies to 'set the record straight' about lawsuits, juries, injured consumers and the attorneys who represent them." According to CJ&D Executive Director Joanne Doroshow, "CJ&D's campaign is aimed at heading off efforts by state and federal lawmakers to restrict the

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