2013-04-18T01:39:10Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/a/anderson_james.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR617.html 2008-10-09T16:10:00Z 2008-10-09T16:10:00Z

Explores mass tort defendant incentives for confidential settlements using Bayer's cerivastatin litgation as a case study.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090427.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Autonomous vehicle technologies and advanced driver-assistance systems have the potential to improve transportation safety and efficiency.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR987.html 2011-09-21T00:01:00Z 2011-09-21T00:01:00Z

Provides an overview of state medical marijuana laws and preliminary findings on the relationship between medical marijuana dispensaries and local crime, based on results from an ongoing analysis of dispensary closures in Los Angeles.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR774.html 2009-11-13T16:36:00Z 2009-11-13T16:36:00Z

This report reviews the court proceedings that led to the uncovering of abusive diagnostic practices in silica litigation, then identifies ways in which similar practices could be uncovered or prevented in the future.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1007.html 2011-08-18T09:45:00Z 2011-08-18T09:45:00Z

This report presents a system of case weights for estimating the funding and staffing requirements of federal defender organizations, discusses factors that might influence defender time expenditures, and describes how such weights should be used.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060036.html 2006-01-01T12:00:00Z 2006-01-01T12:00:00Z

The Article argues that the economic analysis of tort law has yet to satisfactorily answer a critical threshold question: which of the many inputs that lead to an accident should be included in a court's liability analysis?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG930.html 2009-12-04T10:38:00Z 2009-12-04T10:38:00Z

This book discusses how some clinics have won significant gains at the appellate and federal court levels concerning victim standing, the rights to be consulted and heard, and the right to privacy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51052.html 2012-08-01T12:00:00Z 2012-08-01T12:00:00Z

In this Response, the author sketches two problems with Professor Doug Kysar's argument regarding climate change litigation and effect on tort law.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200152.html 2012-05-01T12:00:00Z 2012-05-01T12:00:00Z

Judicial salaries have a small but significant effect on the likelihood of exit and thus the length of judicial tenure, and a small effect on the background of judges that join the appellate bench.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB633.html 2012-03-15T11:30:00Z 2012-03-15T11:30:00Z

This briefing identifies policy questions related to compensating service members and their survivors for fatality risk. It compares combat fatality patterns with fatalities occurring in other contexts and discusses current compensation programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19981212.html 1998-12-01T12:00:00Z 1998-12-01T12:00:00Z

This paper evaluates the impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on inter-judge sentencing disparity, which is defined as the differences in average nominal prison sentence lengths for comparable caseloads assigned to different judges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG860.html 2010-02-02T16:15:00Z 2010-02-02T16:15:00Z

This monograph reviews the history of no-fault auto insurance in the United States and concludes that political support for no-fault dissipated because premium costs under no-fault have been higher than tort largely due to higher medical costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9505.html 2010-02-01T16:15:00Z 2010-02-01T16:15:00Z

This brief reviews the decline in popularity of no-fault automobile insurance. The main reason for this decline is rising costs: no-fault offers more medical services to accident victims and pays more for the same care than tort insurance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9494.html 2009-12-04T16:08:00Z 2009-12-04T16:08:00Z

This brief analyzes the factors that led to the exposure of widespread abuse in the diagnoses in thousands of silica injury claims in Texas, then suggests ways to uncover such abuses in mass personal-injury litigation more easily in the future.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP354.html 2011-10-26T10:45:00Z 2011-10-26T10:45:00Z

Discusses innovation's role in the legal services industry, factors affecting innovation's production, and the research and data infrastructure needed by policymakers to understand whether restrictions on the practice of the law should be altered.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51286.html 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z

The authors find that neighborhoods in which there was a zoning change experienced a significant decline in crime.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR870.html 2011-12-16T18:00:00Z 2011-12-16T18:00:00Z

Describes the results of a study to examine the effect of defense counsel on outcomes in murder prosecutions in Philadelphia.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1179.html 2012-12-27T08:30:00Z 2012-12-27T08:30:00Z

This report describes how representation from National Crime Victim Law Institute clinics affects the exercise of rights in individual cases, legislation, court rules, appellate decisions, and media reporting.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50128.html 1999-04-01T12:00:00Z 1999-04-01T12:00:00Z

This paper evaluates the impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on inter-judge sentencing disparity, which is defined as the differences in average nominal prison sentence lengths for comparable caseloads assigned to different judges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50129.html 2007-01-01T12:00:00Z 2007-01-01T12:00:00Z

The Article argues that the economic analysis of tort law has yet to satisfactorily answer a critical threshold question: which of the many inputs that lead to an accident should be included in a court's liability analysis?