NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Friday, January 3, 2003

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Daily Policy Digest
Friday, January 3, 2003

	More companies increased dividends in 2002, and analysts say that may reflect investors' anticipation of investor tax cuts....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Malpractice premiums have risen 80 percent in some states over the past two years, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures....
USA TODAY/WASHINGTON TIMES

	European trial lawyers bring cases to the United States because punitive damages and class actions lawsuits usually not permitted in Europe....
FORBES

	"Institutional reform litigation" hijacks democracy, authors say process is astonishing....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	About 80 percent of business-industrial electricity users in Texas have switched providers or renegotiated existing contracts, since deregulation....
DALLAS MORNING NEWS

	Water shortages are linked to poverty and other problems, researchers say....
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