Ronald Cass, dean emeritus of the Boston University School of Law, wrote about this recently in the Wall Street Journal.

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Keith Hylton of Boston University's law school estimates that the welfare-enhancing effect of making negligence more expensive would be the biggest economic benefit of loser-pays.

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Mr. ROGER ABRAMS (Richardson Professor of Law, School of Law, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts): Did that actually work?

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A. from the London School of Economics and a law degree from Boston University, Nina has practiced law for about twenty years but admits her first unsuccessful foray was with a partner who left her holding a significant amount of debt.

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