Expect the next stimulus bill to put trial lawyers before everyday people

Published February 12, 2021 5:00am ET



The nation’s political landscape has seen a momentous shift with the election of a new president, followed by the slimmest of new majorities in the Senate after Georgia’s recent special election. As a 50-50 Senate run by Democrats settles in, attention is now turning back to another massive pandemic relief bill, this time shaped in the image of President Biden.

With the Democratic control in Washington, there appears no chance that the next pandemic relief bill will include one of the most high-profile items from previous negotiations: virus-related lawsuit limits for responsible businesses.

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