Policy Priorities for 2012
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Continue to build the case for comprehensive reform of how discovery is conducted in civil litigation.
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Defend against trial lawyer-inspired attempts to expand liability for America’s business community, including the criminalization of product liability law and attempts to limit the availability of federal preemption.
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Work to ensure that protective orders and motions to dismiss remain available in the context of civil litigation.
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Work to prevent expansion of private civil liability under key federal and state laws.
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Prevent or limit efforts to expand liability under the federal False Claims Act and Medicare Secondary Payer statutes.
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Build support for changes to the securities litigation system to increase America’s global competitiveness while defending against attempts to expand securities litigation.
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Fight to stop or scale back litigation expanding regulatory overreaches.
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Stop asbestos litigation abuses by continuing to expose fraud and abuse by the plaintiffs’ trial bar and work to reform and limit abuses associated with Section 524(g) asbestos bankruptcy trusts.
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Work to reform the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by advocating amendments to that statute to increase its fairness.
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Support reforming the medical tort system to make costs more affordable and predictable. Alternatively, medical cases could be tried in special administrative health courts, similar to bankruptcy courts, and in a wide range of other administrative courts.
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Oppose internationally and in the United States the expansion of third-party litigation financing.
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Fight to preserve the availability of arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
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Continue educating the public on important state judicial and attorneys general races.
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Support legal reform in key problem states and jurisdictions.
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