Law and Legal Issues

Product Liability

Studies

"Pistol Whipped: Baseless Lawsuits, Foolish Laws," by Robert A. Levy, Cato Policy Analysis no. 400, May 9, 2001.

"Crushing Tobacco Companies Obliterates the Rule of Law," by Robert A. Levy, Navigator, vol. 3, no. 10, November 18, 2000.

"The New Business of Government Sponsored Litigation," by Robert A. Levy, Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, vol. 9, 2000, October 26, 2000.

"When Theft Masquerades as Law," by Robert A. Levy, Cato Policy Report, vol. XXII, no. 2, March/April 2000.

"Restoring the Boundary: Tort Law and the Right to Contract," by Michael I. Krauss, Cato Policy Analysis no. 347, June 3, 1999.

"Tobacco Wars: Will the Rule of Law Survive?" by Robert A. Levy, Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, University of Maryland School of Law, vol. 2, no. 1, 1998, pp. 45-78.

"Battering Big Tobacco: Nothing to Lose but Our Liberty," by Robert A. Levy, Regulation Magazine, Summer 1997.

"Tobacco Medicaid Litigation: Snuffing Out the Rule of Law," by Robert A. Levy, Cato Policy Analysis no. 275, June 21, 1997.

Opinion and Commentary

"Litigation As Extortion Aimed at Gun Makers," by Robert A. Levy, San Diego Union Tribune, July 8, 2001.

"Blackmail of Gun Makers," by Robert A. Levy, National Law Journal, Jan. 31, 2000.

"So Sue Them, Sue Them: Cities Look to Squeeze Gun Makers," by Michael I. Krauss and Robert A. Levy, The Weekly Standard, May 24, 1999.

"It's Elemental: Pb + Lawyers = Au," by Robert A. Levy, Mealey's Litigation Report: Lead, July 25, 2001.

"Lawyers Greedily Trying to Turn Lead into Gold," by Robert A. Levy, Houston Chronicle, May 29, 2001.

"Safety Can Cost Too Much," by Robert A. Levy, the New York Times, September 8, 2000.

"Turning Lead into Gold," by Robert A. Levy, Legal Times, August 23, 1999.

"Warning: Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Liberties," by Robert A. Levy, Legal Times, February 26, 2001.

"Litigation Lunacy in Florida: The Tobacco Verdict Is Crazy," by Robert A. Levy, Nationalreview.com, July 20, 2000.

"Fired-up about Safe Cigarettes," by Robert A. Levy, Nationalreview.com, May 30, 2000.

"Need Money? Call for Philip Morris," by Robert A. Levy, March 16, 1999.

"The Great Tobacco Robbery: Lawyers Grab Billions," by Robert A. Levy, March 6, 1999.

"Tobacco Extortion: Round 3," by Robert A. Levy, December 2, 1998.

"Opposing View: Tobacco Target of Extortion," by Robert A. Levy, USA Today, July 24, 1998.

"Pack It In," by Robert A. Levy, National Review, May 4, 1998.

"Greasing the Wheels," by Robert A. Levy, Deerfield Valley News, March 26, 1998.

"Wacky Tabacky Politics," by Robert A. Levy, the Weekly Standard, January 26, 1998.

"The Tobacco Deal: Myths and Misconceptions," by Robert A. Levy, The Freeman, January 1998.

"Forget the Law; Go for the Money," by Robert A. Levy, Des Moines Register, September 16, 1997.

"Rule of Law Is a Loser in Tobacco War," by Robert A. Levy, San Diego Union-Tribune, August 31, 1997.

"A Tobacco Settlement That Is Dangerous to Our Liberty," by Robert A. Levy, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 22, 1997.

"Florida Snuffs Out Principles of Law and Justice," by Robert A. Levy, Charlotte Observer, May 17, 1997.

From the Cato Handbook for Congress

"Tort Reform," by Michael I. Krauss, Chapter 33, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 107th Congress, (2001).

"Tobacco and the Rule of Law," by Robert A. Levy, Chapter 21 of the Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 107th Congress, (2001).

Congressional Testimony and Speeches

"Response to Supplementary Questions on the Global Tobacco Settlement," by Robert A. Levy to the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, August 15, 1997.

"Global Tobacco Settlement," Robert A. Levy, Congressional Testimony, July 16, 1997.