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Taxing plaintiff attorneys' successes.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Some members of Congress have taken their civil justice "reform" fervor in a new direction with legislation that is not so much tort "reform" as an outright attack on those they perceive to be the enemy: plaintiff attorneys.

Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and John Cornyn (R-Tex.) introduced a bill, S. 887, that would impose a special tax on plaintiff attorneys representing certain clients in certain cases. Although the Senate rejected the measure when Kyl sought to add it to the Omnibus Tax and Reconciliation Bill in May, its supporters have vowed to fight on, and Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) has introduced a virtually identical bill, H.R. 1926, in the...

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