** Jonathan Hafetz directs litigation for the Liberty and National Security Project of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School.
Lisa Garcia is the vice president of Litigation for Healthy Communities at Earthjustice, where she directs litigation that helps protect communities and families from a wide range of pollution issues.
The author also analyzes, in very ecumenical fashion, many different arenas for political work, including state and local ballot initiatives, legislative lobbying, running for office, direct action, litigation, and media campaigns.
From 1992 to 1997, she directed domestic litigation and public policy programs for the Center for Reproductive Rights, where she was a co-founder and vice president.
When he read that the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (a sister organization of Handgun Control, Inc., the gun-control advocacy group headed by Sarah Brady) was looking for a lawyer to direct its new litigation effort, he jumped at the chance... Handgun Control, Inc., and its allies fought for seven years to get the "Brady bill" passed into law, in 1993.
The direct impacts of litigation, financial penalties for non-compliance with regulations and the reputational risks associated with abuses are just a few of the ways that human rights have a material impact on long-term corporate value.
Though one in three consultants have a direct experience with litigation, however consultants are practicing less defensive medicine.
The majority 91% (n = 185) had the impression that legal claims against doctors are increasing and 14% (n = 29) had a direct experience of litigation.
Fourteen percent of all respondents and one in three consultants had a direct experience of litigation, this include any form of court process even if the doctor did not attend the court by him or herself.
