It is old news to say that America has begun to have second thoughts about its relatively liberal rules of civil litigation. Tort reform has been the order of the day at both our state and federal legislatures. Meanwhile, the federal courts, led by the Supreme Court, have made it more difficult for consumers and workers to sue by limiting class actions, heightening pleading requirements, and expanding the scope of federal preemption. Ironically, while the United States is trying to make it harder to sue, the European Union ("EU") is trying to make it easier to sue, at least ...