RAND's divisions conduct research on a uniquely broad front for clients around the globe.
Most relevant regions
Research
May 27, 2026
In this report, the authors explain the effect of tort liability on safety incentives for life sciences researchers and research institutions.
Jun 22, 2021
This report describes the Volkswagen "clean diesel" emission fraud litigation to illustrate the features of global mass litigation and the problems that arise in the resolution of these types of claims across transnational jurisdictions.
Jan 1, 2001
In this article, the author comments on Professor Viscusi's analysis regarding a threat that punitive damages pose to economic efficiency.
Expert Insights
Jan 1, 2000
Argues that if the main purpose of punitive damages in product liability cases is to deter conduct that results in unsafe consumer products, the threat of punitive damages ought to be better targeted at the conduct of senior management, ...
A crisis in the litigation of cases involving managed care, should it come, will be ugly and costly.
Jan 1, 1999
Recent tort reform debates have been hindered by a lack of knowledge of how jurors assess damages. Two studies investigated whether jurors are able to appropriately compartmentalize compensatory and punitive damages.
Jan 1, 1998
This article aims to help readers think systematically about the economic effects of product liability and punitive damages.
Jan 1, 1997
This report provides the technical details of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.
This report is the executive summary of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.
Research Summary
To provide an empirical basis for the ongoing debate about punitive damages, the authors drew on the ICJ's jury verdict database to conduct the first close analysis of trends and patterns in punitive awards for financial injuries.
Jan 1, 1987
Based on cases that reached jury verdict in Cook County, Illinois, and San Francisco, California, from 1960 to 1984, this report presents analytically derived answers to questions surrounding the award of punitive damages.
Jan 1, 1985
Presents preliminary information on punitive damages awarded between 1959 and 1984 by juries in Cook County, Illinois, and San Francisco County, California.
