Each year, the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York’s Government Affairs program produces a Common Sense Agenda which outlines our policy priorities. Memos of opposition or support for specific legislative proposals can be found below.
2017-2018 Legislative Bill Memos:
Support
S.2511 (Bonacic) / A.6032 (Simotas), Honesty in Asbestos Litigation, 3/2/2017
S.2795 (Gallivan) / A.2148 (Morelle), Scaffold Law Reform, 1/31/2017
S.3911 (Ortt) / A.8653 (Magnarelli), Regulation of lawsuit lending, 9/1/2017
S.6876 (Akshar) / A.5624 (McDonald), Scaffold Law Reform, 12/15/2017
S.4755 (Griffo) / A.6965 (Schimminger), Interest Rate on Judgments Reform, 4/19/2017
S.7728 (Hannon), Affidavit of merit and expert witness disclosure, 3/8/2017
Oppose
S.243 (DeFrancisco) / A.9030 (Dinowitz), Ex-parte conversations, 2/12/2018
S.4868-A (Bonacic) Relates to an opposing party’s statements, 2/12/2018
S.5109 (Lanza) / A.1855 (Moya), Construction insurance reporting mandate, 4/19/2017
S.5889 (Bonacic) / A.5918 (Weinstein), Consent to General Jurisdiction, 3/3/2017
S.167 (Rivera) / A.5439 (Weprin), Expansion of the Martin Act, 3/3/2017
S.435 (Peralta) / A.8169 (Kavanaugh), Lawsuits for certain business practices, 6/1/2017
