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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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- This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Support of H.R. 2675.U.S. tort litigation system costs reached nearly $656 billion in 2025, growing faster than the economy and adding to affordability pressures on families.This edition found that the costs and compensation paid into the U.S. tort system reached over $655.6 billion in 2025 - equating to 2.12 percent of U.S. GDP and over $4,900 per U.S. household."Roadblock" examines how exorbitant commercial truck accident litigation drives up insurance costs and prices for consumers.Rising litigation costs, not accident rates, are driving up the price of trucking and everyone pays for it.The growth of multi-district litigation (“MDLs”) in recent years has taxed both the federal court system as well as the defendants targeted in the litigation.This letter was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury on third-party litigation funding (“TPLF”).Biden-era EPA bypassed the review process required by Congress to impose new, difficult to meet standards
