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UPDATE FROM AAJ
2020 February
The fight to keep your cases in state courts
2020 March
AAJ: Adjusting to the stark reality of COVID-19
2020 May
Taking the lead against corporate America’s attempt to take advantage of the COVID-19 Pandemic for their anti-worker, anti-consumer agenda
2020 June
National organization actively working with the Congressional Black Caucus to produce legislation to end the militarization of state and local police departments
2020 July
Bill passes U.S. House to raise commercial trucking insurance minimum to $2 million, Amtrak’s forced arbitration with injured passengers would end
2020 August
Republicans seek broad immunity for corporations in the Safe to Work Act
2020 September
COVID-19 tort reform would have been a disaster for individual civil rights
2020 October
Personal jurisdiction before the U.S. Supreme Court, and non-lawyer ownership and fee sharing in two states
2020 November
Results revealed a mixed verdict
2020 December
Proposed language would have impacted any med-mal or public-nuisance action even tangentially related to COVID-19
2021 January
How AAJ will move forward
2021 February
Also: AAJ staff seeks feedback on emergency rules for court operations, including changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
2021 March
A snapshot of qualified immunity and other urgent advocacy issues we’re working on
2021 April
Legislative efforts include ending forced arbitration, laws for automated driving, eliminating qualified immunity, and raising trucking insurance minimums
2021 May
Fends off Trump-era attack on Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
2021 June
New AAJ report examines lack of diversity among arbitrators
2021 July
Administration prioritizes filling judicial vacancies with diverse nominees
2021 August
Also: Corporate abuse of the bankruptcy system to detriment of corporate wrongdoing victims
2021 September
Also: Biden nominates a former plaintiff’s attorney and the first openly LGBT woman to serve on any federal circuit court
2021 October
Also: COVID business-interruption claims take a hit at Ninth Circuit
2021 November
Would end forced arbitration for sexual assault and harassment claims
2021 December
Also: Please sign a pledge to support racial diversity and inclusion in your firm
2022 January
Also: Highlights of AAJ’s advocacy in the courts
2022 February
Senate Bill S.2342 wins bipartisan support, Biden expected to sign
2022 March
Also: New lien rule for Medicare reimbursement following a settlement
2022 April
Also: FRE72 Expert-witness rulemaking by federal judges
2022 May
Also: Automated-vehicles legislation continues to advance in many states
2022 June
Also: Supreme Court allows state Medicaid programs to raid settlement proceeds earmarked for future medical care
2022 July
Also, Georgia Trial Lawyers amicus brief helps Georgia Court to reject the “Apex Doctrine” shielding corporate officers
2022 August
Also: Congress establishes civil cause of action for use of intimate images without consent
2022 September
Also: Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements from settlements for future med costs
2022 October
Also: More special masters for Vaccine Court and changes to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
2022 November
House passes bill to shine light on sexual assault and harassment
2022 December
Data privacy, the regulation of autonomous vehicles and state insurance minimums are among policy issues
2023 January
Biden has confirmed almost 100 judges and greatly diversified the bench
2023 February
Also: States aggressively push to limit corporate liability for causing harm
2023 March
Also: Pushing back against forced arbitration
2023 April
Also: Florida enacts broad tort reform package
2023 May
Also: Massachusetts statutory interest rates declared constitutional in $37M judgment against Philip Morris
2023 June
Progress made on trucking insurance, forced arbitration and medical malpractice award limits
2023 July
AAJ filed amicus curiae briefs on arbitration, consent jurisdiction, Private right of action for FNHRA violations and Section 230 immunity
2023 August
Working at the federal level and with state associations
2023 September
Also: Fighting to hold autonomous-vehicle makers accountable
2023 October
Also: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy misused to evade responsibility in mass torts
2023 November
We’re fighting federal preemption, seeking reform in truck accident litigation, and vigorously supporting the right to a jury trial
2023 December
AI and federal privacy legislation must prioritize the rights and safety of the American people over the corporate profits of Big Tech
2024 January
Also: The forced arbitration battle, judicial diversity, amicus curiae briefs
2024 February
From lobbying Congress to opposing state bills that would limit plaintiffs’ litigation financing
2024 March
Also, opposing immunity legislation for corporations
2024 April
And we continue to fight against federal preemption and forced arbitration
2024 May
Also: a rundown of state supreme court rulings on punitive damage caps
2024 June
Also: Chemical corporations push for nationwide immunity for pesticide claims
2024 July
Also: Success continues in fighting arbitration in cases for which we filed amicus curiae briefs
2024 August
A look at all we do to protect your clients’ rights and your practice
2024 September
Also: Proposed changes to Federal Rules
2024 October
Strategic public education goes beyond just educating lawmakers in Washington. Also: Fighting immunity for pesticide manufacturers
2024 November
As corporations seek immunities, no cause of action will be safe with the shift in the Senate majority
2024 December
New tort-reform groups take root in several states; supporters include Uber
2025 May
It also includes anti-consumer immunities for trucking brokers and shippers
2025 July
Republications also sought 10-year protection for AI industry in state legislatures
2025 August
Many corporations market products that are unsafe, improperly tested, or based on false data; also, ending forced consumer arbitration
2025 October
From makers of infant formula to the NCAA, they all want federal protection when they cause harm
2025 November
Taking on Uber’s latest threat, and the trucking industry’s quest for immunity for injuries they cause
2026 January
Association also working on expansive use of judicial estoppel against plaintiffs in PI cases
2026 February
A major verdict against big tech’s social media for endangering children
2026 June
AAJ continues to battle a tidal wave of different issues in Congress
2026 September
