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California Punitive Damages
A blog featuring news and analysis of punitive damages litigation in California and nationwide. It is maintained by attorneys at Horvitz & Levy LLP, a firm devoted exclusively to civil appellate litigation.

Legal Juice
Legal Juice is a blog published by the law firm Mesirow & Stravitz, PLLC, which handles personal injury, serious injury and death cases, and civil litigation. Legal Juice documents all manner of odd cases, weird laws, and strange court filings.

Overlawyered.com
Walter Olson, author and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, does a fine job scouring the wires for current court cases that illustrate how far our lawsuit culture has come.

PointofLaw.com
PointofLaw.com is a web magazine sponsored by the Manhattan Institute and AEI Liability Project that brings together information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system.

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U.S. Courts
A clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.

U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics provides the latest data on caseloads in extractable format.

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Center for Policy Alternatives
The Center for Policy Alternatives is a nonpartisan public policy development organization serving state legislators and grassroots leaders.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The vision of the Kauffman Foundation is to foster "a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities."

Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy

National Center for Policy Analysis
National Center for Policy Analysis's stated mission is to "seek innovative private-sector solutions to public policy problems."

National Center for State Courts
The mission of NCSC is to improve the administration of justice through leadership and service to state courts, and courts around the world.

Progressive Policy Institute
The Progressive Policy Institute is a catalyst for political change. Its mission is to modernize progressive politics and government for the Information Age. Leaving behind the stale left-right debates of the industrial era, PPI is a prolific source of "Third Way" thinking that is shaping the emerging politics of the 21st century.

Rand Institute for Civil Justice