Dan Zegart

Dan Zegart, a freelance investigative journalist who writes frequently on legal subjects, is the author, most recently, of Civil Warriors: The Legal Siege on the Tobacco Industry..

Big Carbon’s Big Liability

Big Carbon’s Big Liability Big Carbon’s Big Liability

Environmental groups have warned directors of fossil fuel companies that they may be held personally liable for misleading the public about climate change.

May 29, 2014 / Dan Zegart

Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court

Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court

Big Carbon is where Big Tobacco was, before it started losing.

Apr 21, 2014 / Feature / Dan Zegart

The Gutting of the Civil Service The Gutting of the Civil Service

The Bush Administration has so politicized government agencies that an entire culture of civil service professionals is being replaced by conservative political operatives loyal on...

Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Dan Zegart

Tort ‘Reform’ Triumphs Tort ‘Reform’ Triumphs

Click here to read Zegart's October 25, 2004 Nation piece to read more on the right wing's drive for tort "reform."

Feb 17, 2005 / Dan Zegart

The Right Wing’s Drive for ‘Tort Reform’ The Right Wing’s Drive for ‘Tort Reform’

Thanks to damage caps and other measures, victims are often unable to sue.

Oct 7, 2004 / Feature / Dan Zegart

Bush: Marlboro’s Man Bush: Marlboro’s Man

While the differences between George W. Bush and Al Gore may still be coming into focus for many Americans in the final weeks before the election, one is already stark. On tobacc...

Oct 19, 2000 / Dan Zegart

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