Lawsuits
While a fair and effective legal system allows business leaders to focus on hiring, innovating, and expanding, excessive or frivolous litigation crushes opportunities for private industry and consumers alike. A healthy legal system protects both employees and consumers while encouraging business growth.
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Our Work
The U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform and Litigation Center advocate for a fair and equal civil justice system to foster a healthy business climate, protect employers from abusive litigation, and serve the interests of consumers, not trial lawyers. We work at every level of the U.S. judicial system and with leaders in almost every state, Congress, and around the world to defend the rule of law.
Latest Content
- The Chamber's statement to the Subcommittee on Courts, IP, and the Internet on third-party litigation fundingGreater transparency in third-party litigation funding is needed to protect the integrity of the legal system, safeguard national and economic security, and ensure that courts and litigants understand who may be influencing legal disputes.A new U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform study finds that massive “nuclear verdicts” are becoming more frequent and costly—driven by factors like third‑party litigation funding and courtroom tactics—and calls for reforms to restore fairness, predictability, and affordability in the legal system.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit challenging OSHA's new walkaround rule, which gives union organizers, activists, plaintiffs’ attorneys, and even competitors access to workplaces under the guise of “assisting” OSHA inspectors during routine inspections.
