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The ILR Research Review
The second issue of the ILR Research Review offers valuable insights from our preeminent experts and specialists on key topics addressed in the latest of ILR's research reports....Read More
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Lawsuit Ecosystem II: New Targets, Trends and Players
This report, authored by a distinguished group of practitioners, explores the evolving lawsuit "ecosystem." It considers how plaintiffs' lawyers generate litigation and significant developments that will spur more lawsuits or rein in excessive liability....Read More
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Laboratories of Tort Law: A Three-Year Review of Key State Supreme Court Decisions
This report highlights significant tort law decisions over the past three years that are examples of particularly sound or unsound rulings. Each analysis examines the tort law principles involved, whether the court followed or deviated from these principles, and the court's reasoning in reaching its decision....Read More
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Are you current on the 2015
pressing legal issues and trends?
Do you know what the most pressing legal issues and current legal reform trends are? If you missed ILR’s preeminent Legal Reform Summit, be sure to review the Summit recap video, speaker videos, and key research.
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ILR Launches Faces of
Lawsuit Abuse App
Check out the newly launched Faces of Lawsuit Abuse app that allows users to vote in the monthly “Most Ridiculous Lawsuits” poll and review real stories about lawsuit abuse.
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Read U.S. Chamber President & CEO Tom Donohue’s Remarks on Lawsuit Abuse
Legal Reform and the
2015 State of American Business
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue recently gave his annual State of American Business address to outline the business community's top priorities for the year. He listed curbing excessive litigation, preserving the availability of arbitration, and passing FACT Act legislation, among other things, as priorities for 2015.
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Laboratories of Tort Law
While some courts adhere to traditional principles or carefully evolve the law to meet changing times, other courts have experimented with unprecedented expansions of liability.
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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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Illinois Trial Lawyers Defend Illinois', Madison County's, Lawsuit Climate
Despite Illinois' paltry (46th out of 50) ranking in ILR's Lawsuit Climate rankings, the fact that two Illinois counties (Cook and Madison) are among the country's least fair and reasonable legal climates, and one Illinois county's (Madison) reputation as "America's Lawsuit Capital" - the Illinois trial lawyers are actually defending the state's lawsuit climate. Read More »
The Enforcement “Collidescope”: The New Litigation Paradigm
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform held our 15th Annual Legal Reform Summit: The Enforcement “Collidescope”: The New Litigation Paradigm on October 21, 2014. Our preeminent comprehensive legal reform symposium explored the increase in government overreach and serial enforcement, the outsourcing of public powers to private parties, and follow-on litigation. This year’s Summit featured a keynote address from The Honorable Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, and remarks by Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Each year, the Legal Reform Summit gathers business and industry leaders, government officials and the media to explore relevant legal issues and discuss the current state of legal reform and its importance to the greater business community and national economy.