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Runaway lawsuits provoke lawmakers to push for reform.
Here's how their proposals will affect you. In response to the looming Y2K crisis, Congress has been debating how to help small businesses cope. The Y2K bug provides only the latest occasion for small-business advocacy groups to push for tort reform and, consequently, fundamental changes to America's civil justice system. Every runaway jury verdict seems to spur another outcry over the need for reform. Lawmakers and business advocates nationwide immediately called for reform, claiming that the tort system has become unfair.