We are pleased to report that the proposed ABA Resolution 105 – first blogged about here – has been withdrawn and will not be an issue at the House of Delegates session at the upcoming ABA meeting. The originators chose to withdraw it in the face of opposition from “several ABA entities and individual leaders
Last month, we described the proposal by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability concerning legislation on “defective medical products” and punitive damages for “patient harm allegedly caused” by them. Over the last month, we have seen statements issued by a number of professional groups urging the ABA Delegates to reject the
Most of us are members of the American Bar Association. Some of us are more active than others. At one extreme, Bexis has been in what the ABA calls “leadership,” as editor of the Mass Torts Newsletter, for some 15 years. While some ABA committees, such as Bexis’ Mass Torts, pursue a consensus approach