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David Cicilline: “Do you think we ought to consider as well enactment of a prohibition, a statutory prohibition of pay-for-delay, like…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
Do you think we ought to consider as well enactment of a prohibition, a statutory prohibition of pay-for-delay, like completely prohibit that activity as a matter of law?
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline questions the need for a complete ban on pay-for-delay settlements.

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