Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Mixed bag of bills

In my Gavel to Gavel column in the Journal Record, I have described the mixed bag of bills offered up by the 2013 special session.  Some of the statutes enacted or amended by the 2009 Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act were re-enacted.  Some were not.  This leaves lawyers looking to the legislative history more in coming years, as we continue to sort through the fallout from the Douglas decision.
In practice, Oklahoma attorneys can expect that they will need to check legislative histories regarding whether a particular statute was amended or enacted by the 2009 act, whether subsequent amendments saved the statute, and whether this year’s special session resolved these issues.
Read more: http://journalrecord.com/2013/09/18/gavel-to-gavel-mixed-bag-of-bills-opinion/#ixzz2fIk1wP7Z