Oklahoma City (May 25, 2017) – President and CEO Fred Morgan released the following statement:

​​​​​​​“House Bill 1570, by Representative Jonathan Echols and Senator David Holt, will make Oklahoma the first state to modernize our lawsuit discovery rules in a manner similar to what was accomplished by the federal courts. House Bill 1570 also fixes a mistake from previous legislation that created a loser pays mechanism that would increase litigation and costs for job creators. We would like to thank the Legislature for passing a quick fix for the loser pay issue and for supporting these significant reforms to our discovery code.”