Vol. 69 No. 2, April 2002

Index

• The need for class action reform.
• Another New York innovation.
• New York State establishes mass tort cases regime.
• Dutch bar keeps MDP ban.
• Fee schedule not a violation.
• America acts: swift legislative responses to the September 11 attacks; Congress moved to stabilize the airline industry, to establish a victim compensation fund and to strengthen airport and aircraft security.
• Looking at the events of September 11: some effects and implications; while the impact on insurers is large and apparent, there are many other possibilities, even probabilities, of contention and litigation.
• Twin towers: the 3.6 billion question arising from the World Trade Center attacks; was it one "occurrence" or more than one? There are complexities galore that are bound to arise in the insurance context.
• Psychological perspectives on juror reactions to the September 11 events; terror management theory would predict more punitive jury reactions, but the more traditional social-cognition approach may still predominate.
• Viewing the global attack on the global economy from Australia; while the world's economy has globalised, law and the practice of law have not. This means that lawyers in multinational litigation must juggle many issues.
• Using noncompete agreements to protect legitimate business interests; carefully drafted agreements will prevent former employees from using and disclosing proprietary and confidential information.
• Preventive law for the managed care industry: curing the class action disease; class actions bashing managed care organizations will not resolve whatever problems that exist. It's time to take more sensible steps.
• When children refuse medical treatment: role of government and assessments; a standardized test to assess a child's maturity and understanding would help judges in their Solomonic roles to render more uniform decisions.
• Reviewing the law reviews.