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The ILR Research Review
ILR is pleased to announce the release of the inaugural issue of the ILR Research Review, which offers valuable insights from our preeminent experts and specialists on key topics addressed in the latest of our innovative advocacy and economic papers....Read More
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Ripe for Reform: Improving the Australian Class Action Regime
Authored by Moira Saville and Peta Stevenson of King & Wood Mallesons, this paper explores the Australian federal class action regime model....Read More
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As Kiobel Turns One, Its Effect Remains Unclear
Authored by John Bellinger, III and Reeves Anderson of Arnold Porter LLP, this paper takes a look back at the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 27, 2013 Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum decision....Read More
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ILR's Legal Reform Summit
Save the Date - Oct 21, 2014
The US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform will host our signature annual Legal Reform Summit on October 21, 2014: The Enforcement “Collidescope”: The New Litigation Paradigm. Our preeminent comprehensive legal reform symposium will explore the increase in government overreach and serial enforcement, the outsourcing of public powers to private parties, and follow-on litigation. Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will provide key remarks.
Labor Board Won't Seek SCOTUS Review of Fifth Circuit Horton Decision
The National Labor Relations Board has announced that it won't seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the Fifth Circuit ruling in the D.R. Horton case, which rejected the NRLB's "controversial conclusion that mandatory arbitration agreements barring worker class actions violate federal labor law."
Patent Troll Video Released at FacesofLawsuitAbuse.org
A homebuilder who has become the target of a patent troll, and a gambler who is suing a Las Vegas casino after losing big while "blackout" drunk are the subjects of two new videos released at FacesofLawsuitAbuse.org.
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State Lawsuit Climate Report
ILR’s Lawsuit Climate report explores how reasonable and balanced the states’ tort liability systems are perceived to be by U.S. business.
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Media Highlights Transparency Ruling in Garlock Case
Yesterday, we reported about a federal judge's ruling that "evidence of alleged fraud" on the part of asbestos attorneys in the Garlock case should not have been sealed. A number of media have followed up on this story today. Read More »
15th Annual Legal Reform Summit
The US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform will hold our signature Annual Legal Reform Summit on October 21, 2014. The Annual Legal Reform Summit, which is recognized as the nation’s comprehensive legal reform symposium, is excited to announce that Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will provide key remarks this year. This year’s Legal Reform Summit agenda will include a wide variety of timely panel discussions. Refer back to our site for more details in the coming weeks.
Click here to view related videos and topical research materials from last year's summit.