Institute for Civil Justice (U.S.)
Author
Series
Publisher
RAND
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxv, 131 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Pretrial discovery procedures are designed to encourage an exchange of information that will help narrow the issues being litigated, eliminate surprise at trial, and achieve substantial justice. But, in recent years, some have claimed that the societal shift from paper documents to electronically stored information (ESI) has led to sharper increases in discovery costs than in the overall cost of litigation. The authors employed a case-study method...
Author
Series
Research report volume RR-1187-ICJ
Publisher
Rand Corporation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 61 pages) : color charts
Language
English
Description
"Data breaches continue to plague private-sector companies, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Despite the mounting rate of these breaches, the continuing harms imposed on consumers and firms, and over a decade of breach notification laws, very little research exists that examines consumer response to these developments. This report sets out the results of a nationally representative survey of the consumer experience with data breaches:...
Author
Publisher
RAND Corporation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice insurer payouts, but some states and insurance lines may experience cost changes as high as 5 percent or more"--Publisher's...