A growing economy brings much-needed jobs and wage growth, but it also provides opportunity for entrepreneurial trial lawyers to exploit flaws in America’s lawsuit system for their own gain.
The U.S. Chamber and its Institute for Legal Reform believe that the key to correcting those flaws and paving the way to a freer, fairer economy lies in repairing our broken class action lawsuit system, eliminating the fraud that permeates asbestos litigation, and curbing the rising trend of over-enforcement—particularly from certain state attorneys general, who are too often engaging in inconsistent, duplicative, and politically motivated enforcement actions.
The Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) shines a light on what is wrong in the legal system. We conduct cutting-edge research and advance pragmatic solutions. We then tirelessly advocate for those solutions with Congress, state legislatures, federal regulators, international policymakers and the courts to effect meaningful change.
U.S. Chamber Hosts Emerging Technologies and Torts of the Future Event
The Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) and the U.S. Chamber Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC) on Wednesday, April 18, in Seattle, WA, as we explore emerging technologies and the impact of liability issues on innovation.
Meet Craig Cunningham, a Tennessee man who has three cell phones that he uses to bait businesses.
U.S. Chamber President Tom Donohue's remarks on the State of American Business as prepared for delivery on January 10, 2018.
A lawsuit claiming that Jelly Belly “deceived” a woman about the sugar in its Sport Beans product tops the list.
A lawsuit claiming that Jelly Belly “deceived” a woman about the sugar in its Sport Beans product – despite a clear content label on its packaging – tops the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) list of the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2017. Watch the video above to view all the lawsuits.
Release of the 2017 edition of the Rule of Law Dashboard, and a discussion of the implications for global business with corporate, government and civil society leaders.
A courtroom food fight over the ingredients in Garden Veggie Straws? A former beauty queen who sues so much, she’s no longer welcome in court? And a woman looking to make some cheddar in a lawsuit over a nacho cheese burn?
A woman from Wichita Falls, Texas, is suing the federal government after she alleged a bowling alley employee at Sheppard Air Force Base spilled hot nacho cheese sauce on her finger. She claims that the cheesy injury resulted in restricted work hours and, ultimately, in her losing her job.
Garden Veggie Straws claim to have less fat than potato chips, but a lawsuit in federal court against the snack’s maker contends there’s something else Veggie Straws has less of — vegetables.
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