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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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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.
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Latest Content
- Research shows that the costs of lawsuits per household are a hidden financial burden – and the price tag is growing quickly.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Senate supporting S.4638, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025".The FTC’s expansive rule is the latest abuse of power by a Commission determined to micromanage the economy and undermine American free enterprise.Third-party litigation funding harms the U.S. legal system, poses national security risks, and reduces plaintiffs’ financial recoveries.The Chamber’s success in the courts upholds the rule of law, defends the free enterprise system, and supports faster economic growth.'A sweeping prohibition of noncompete agreements by the FTC was an unlawful extension of power that would have put American workers, businesses, and our economy at a competitive disadvantage,' President and CEO Suzanne P. Clark said as the Chamber scored a major legal victory.California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 22: A Victory for Independent Workers and ConsumersUnder the rule, many companies would have found themselves facing liability for workers they don’t employ and workplaces they don’t actually control.On July 19, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a motion to dismiss its appeal of the joint employer rule–a major legal victory for the U.S. Chamber and American businesses of all sizes.
