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A Fair and Effective Legal System is Critical to Advancing Free Enterprise.

The mission of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) is to reduce excessive and frivolous litigation while restoring fairness and balance to the nation’s civil justice system. This is achieved through legislative, judicial, and educational activities at both the national and local levels, as well as internationally.

America deserves a legal reform system that is simpler, fairer, and faster for everyone.

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Parties Need to
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Torts of the Future:
Where Are We Headed?

The Food Court: Trends
in Food and Beverage
Class Action Litigation

State Lawsuit Climate Report

ILR’s Ranking the States report explores how reasonable and balanced the states’ tort liability systems are perceived to be by U.S. businesses.

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Did Litigation Funders Just Confirm Our Suspicions? Again?

It is not surprising that in April, two litigation funders essentially confirmed they look for cases with massive damages potential to find their next jackpot. What is more interesting is the fact that one of those funders, contrary to the industry’s long-standing declaration against such practices, may have just admitted they do, in fact, want some control over the litigation they

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Arbitration: Fairer, Faster, and Better for Employees

When it comes to solving disputes between employees and their employer, money doesn’t matter, and time isn’t precious. Or at least, that’s what opponents of employment arbitration would like you to think. Two weeks ago, ILR released a study showing that employee-plaintiffs are more likely to win cases, get more money, and get it more quickly through arbitration compared to

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Chamber GC Says Sen. Warren's Proposal Would "Upend Hundreds of Years of U.S. Legal Tradition"

By Harold H. Kim In a new op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Chamber of Commerce General Counsel John Wood explains why a simple-sounding proposal from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, which makes company executives criminally liable for actions that now are considered basic negligence, would “upend hundreds of years of U.S. legal tradition and wreak havoc in

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    MDL Imbalance: Why Defendants Need Timely Access To Interlocutory Review
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U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform | October 24, 2018

Keynote Luncheon:  Perspectives from the World’s First Digital Human

Rachel, the World’s First Digital Human and Richard Darden, Distinguished Engineer
Watson Implementations Public Sector Global Delivery, IBM

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