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| | Event Transcript | How Texas Tackled Tort Reform: Taking on Trial Lawyers, Inc. |
 | | He is, of course, the former Lieutenant Governor of the State of Texas, and he is the champion who, as the governor of that state, has taken on class actions and changed the law, has taken on medical malpractice litigation and changed the law, has taken on products liability litigation and changed the law. |
 | | The other one is when companies from your state or from other states move to Texas and say one of the reasons, one of the main reasons that we moved to Texas is because they have a legal system that is balanced, and we do not feel threatened every day by frivolous lawsuits. |
 | | And today in Texas we are where we are because of that small group of committed individuals who risked much and, I might add, put much on the line from the standpoint of their personal resources. |
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