Common Good Press Release Archive
June 24, 2008 - Healthcare Experts Discuss Current and Future Challenges of Chronic Care on NewTalk
June 17, 2008 - Renowned American leaders, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, inaugurate "NewTalk," an online forum created by Common Good to tackle tough national issues
October 25, 2007 - New Study commissioned by Common Good Colorado, our state affiliate, reveals how Colorado's schools are paralyzed by an over abundance of laws and regulations.
October 10, 2007 - Common Good responds to a trial bar study opposing health courts.
May 24, 2007 - Bipartisan bills introduced in congress to enable funding of special health courts.
April 11, 2007 - Common Good launches a new State Action Project to solidify state-level interest in pursuing pilot projects to create health courts.
February 20, 2007 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards grant to expand Common Good's health court initiative.
July 13, 2006 - Common Good Testifies at Hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives as Momentum Continues to Build for the Creation of Special Health Courts
July 10, 2006 - Common Good Appoints Janet Corcoran to Newly Created Position of President
July 5, 2006 - Leaders in Patient Safety and Health Care Quality Call for Pilot Projects for Special Health Courts
June 22, 2006 - Six Prominent Hospitals Announce Their Strong Interest in Serving as Pilot Projects for Special Health Courts
February 15, 2006 - Common Good Responds to ABA Resolution Opposing Special Health Courts
January 25, 2006 -- Common Good Honors Three Judges with Third Annual Gatekeeper Awards
November 4, 2005 -- ThisMakesMeSick.com Launches to Expose America's Medical Liability Crisis
September 29, 2005 -- U.S. Senator John Corrnyn Introduces Legislation to Protect Volunteers, Including Those Assisting Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
June 30, 2005 -- Bipartisan Legislation to Create Special Health Courts is Introduced in U.S. Senate: The Bill, Advancing an Idea Championed by Common Good, Would Authorize Funding for States to Create Health Courts on a Pilot Project Basis
June 14, 2005 -- Momentum Continues to Build for Bipartian Legal Reform Solutions: Former U.S. Senators Howard Baker and Bill Bradley Join Advisory Board of Common Good
April 13, 2005 -- U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry Introduces Federal Legislation to Create Special Health Courts
February 7, 2005 -- More than 80 of the Nation's Most Prominent Leaders in Healthcare and Law Endorse the Creation of Special Health Courts
December 16, 2004 -- Common Good Honors Four Judges with its Second Annual Gatekeeper Awards
November 29, 2004 -- New Study Reveals How the Burden of Law is Paralyzing America's Schools.
November 9, 2004 -- Common Good Praises the Movie The Incredibles for Its Parody of Unreliable Justice in America.
July 19, 2004 -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist Calls for the Creation of Expert Medical Courts.
June 29, 2004 -- Leading Education Reform Experts Endorse Legislation Introduced by U.S. Senator Zell Miller.
June 14, 2004 -- Harris Interactive Survey Finds that 62 Percent of American Adults Support the Creation of Special Health Courts.
May 11, 2004 -- Discipline Problems, Unruly Behavior Seriously Threatening Student Achievement.
March 30, 2004 -- The American Medical Association Honors Philip K. Howard With Presidential Citation.
March 24, 2004 -- Harris Interactive Survey of U.S. Public School Teachers and Principals Finds that the Current Legal Climate Has Caused a Phenomenon Called "Defensive Teaching."
March 10, 2004 -- Common Good Honors Five Judges With It's First Annual "Gatekeeper Awards."
January 29, 2004 -- Common Good Announces Its Top Five Examples of Judges Failing to Weed Out Ridiculous Lawsuits.
January 13, 2004 -- John Whitehead, Former Deputy U.S. Secretary of State, and Deborah Wadsworth, Former President of Public Agenda, Join Advisory Board of Common Good.
January 6, 2003 -- M-LAW's Seventh Annual Wacky Warning Label Contest Highlights the Need to Restore Reliable Law, Championed by Common Good.
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