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Trial Lawyers' Influence

About Trial Lawyers' Influence

Personal injury lawsuits and other tort claims represent a $40 billion per year industry built upon the abuse and misuse of America’s legal system by contingency-fee lawyers. While these trial lawyers (or plaintiffs’ lawyers or personal injury lawyers) have long claimed to champion “the little guy,” their injured and uninjured plaintiffs are often drawn into a legal process that primarily just expands trial lawyers’ finances and political power.

Trial Lawyer Earmarks

TrialLawyerEarmarks.comPlaintiffs’ trial lawyer earmarks to expand lawsuits are choking Congress. ILR tracks and updates these measures on our TrialLawyerEarmarks.com website in order to bring attention to plaintiffs’ trial bar influence in the U.S. Congress.

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101 Ways to Improve State Legal SystemsILR has released a comprehensive compendium of legal reform options for implementation by state legislatures, which allows legal reform leaders to modify their approach based on the unique policy and political landscape of their state.

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