[clairity]

> Unfortunately I don't really know of a solution to this.

the solution is to take the economic incentives out of lawsuits (the legal industry is a pure economic cost, so an added perk is a more productive economy). some random ideas:

  * make public law schools free and disband the various bar associations (increase competition/lower barriers to entry)
  * make people file lawsuits within 3 months of injury (lower the statute of limitations)
  * limit the length of lawsuits to 3 months total (limits legal costs)
  * make judges prefer non-monetary compensation (like volunteer work).

[natecavanaugh]

> make people file lawsuits within 3 months of injury (lower the statute of limitations)

My issue with this is, 3 months from actual harm, or realization of harm? There just seem to be a lot of cases where harm does not show themselves immediately, but may take a few years to appear.

[clairity]

yes, there's unlikely a perfect solution, especially not one that comes out of 5 minutes of musing on it.

injuries involving bodily harm (assault, murder, etc.) might require more time, and financial crimes might take years to uncover, as you point out. but the underlying idea would be to make people act on injury quickly so that justice is delivered while memories and evidence are fresh (lowering costs) and deterrence is more immmediate and visible.