Get the numbers from the Manhattan Institute, NERA and the Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, all summarized by the Washington Examiner. While trying not to be too picky, we'll also note that The Examiner offers up this piece capped by the opinion of Victor Schwartz, general counsel for the American Tort Reform Association, without rebuttal as a part of their continuing series (we kid you not) Lawyers Gone Wild.

-- MDT