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The Institute for Civil Justice is dedicated to making the civil justice system more just and more equitable.

The ICJ conducts research on all aspects of civil justice, from trends in litigation and jury verdicts to compensation systems and alternative dispute resolution. In recent years, we have expanded our agenda to include terrorism risk management, corporate ethics, and entrepreneurship and regulation.

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Complexity of Industry Makes It Difficult to Distinguish Broker-Dealers & Investment Advisers — Jan. 3, 2008

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The financial services industry is complex and financial service professionals are becoming less distinguishable and more inter-related. However, investors are generally highly satisfied with their own financial service providers.

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What is the Effect of Policy on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses? — Dec. 11, 2007

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The regulatory environment affects small business differently from the way it affects large ones, sometimes leading to unintended negative consequences. An improved understanding of this effect will help lawmakers develop policy designed to advance entrepreneurship.

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Behavioral Finance Forum to be Hosted by RAND — Sep. 18, 2008

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The Behavioral Finance Forum, an organization dedicated to helping consumers make better financial decisions, will become an initiative of the nonprofit RAND Corporation.

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Analyzing the UK and EU's civil justice arena — June 23, 2008

ICJ Europe

RAND Europe and RAND Institute for Civil Justice have joined to create a center of excellence to deliver objective and empirical analysis of the UK and EU's civil justice arena. Professor Neil Rickman has been appointed as the director of ICJ Europe and is currently in the process of recruiting a blue-ribbon advisory board to include stakeholders in the civil justice system, including consumer attorneys, policymakers, academics, general counsel and corporate representatives.

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The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery — Mar. 27, 2008

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Pretrial discovery is central to the American civil legal process, however the growing volume of electronically stored information has led to concerns over the effects of electronic discovery (e-discovery). A preliminary model explores the range of plausible effects that e-discovery might have on case outcomes.

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The Victims of Terrorism: An Assessment of Their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector — Nov. 19, 2007

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Since September 11, 2001, organized groups of families and friends have emerged to become a powerful voice in U.S. counterterrorist policy and legislation. These groups have been successful in establishing the 9/11 Commission and implementing its most important recommendations.

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Taxpayers, Policyholders Benefit from Terrorism Risk Insurance Program — Oct. 10, 2007

World Trade Center and Brooklyn Bridge during terrorist attack

Taxpayers save money and businesses are better protected with the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in place than if the act is allowed to expire. TRIA allows the insurance industry to play a larger role in compensating losses caused by smaller terrorist attacks by transferring some of the risk for the largest attack to the government.

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Identifying Fraud, Abuse, and Error in Personal Bankruptcy Filings — September 12, 2007

RAND Analyses on Policy Issues in Personal Bankruptcies

At the request of the U.S. Trustee Program, the RAND Corporation investigated how to better identify and measure fraud, abuse, and error in personal bankruptcies. RAND looked for lessons learned from other government programs and the private sector and conclude that a data-enabled case filing system, incorporating lessons from the IRS and GSA as well as the private sector, may be the direction for the future of the bankruptcy court system.

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Senior Drivers Less Likely than Youngest Drivers to Cause Accidents — Jul. 18, 2007

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A study by the RAND Institute for Civil Justice reveals that drivers aged 65 and older are less risky than younger drivers. These findings have implications for states who are considering tightening licensing requirements for older drivers.

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Wind Insurance Costly and Scarce on Gulf of Mexico Coast — July 18, 2007

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Wind insurance costs for businesses have increased dramatically while policy coverage has dwindled, and in some cases risk has shifted from insurers to taxpayers. The scarcity and high cost of wind insurance has delayed some business investments in the Gulf States region.

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