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Contact these
organizations for more information about liability reforms.
AEI-Brookings
Joint Center for Regulatory Studies
American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution established
the Joint Center to hold lawmakers and regulators accountable for their
decisions by providing thoughtful, objective analyses of existing regulatory
programs and new regulatory proposals.
American
Legislative Exchange Council Civil Justice Task Force
The legal reform task force of this organization of conservative state
lawmakers works to promote systematic fairness in the courts through
legislation to discourage frivolous lawsuits, to fairly balance judicial
and legislative authority and to treat defendants in a consistent manner.
American
Tort Reform Association
A broad-based, bipartisan coalition of more than 300 businesses,
corporations, municipalities, associations, and professional firms who
support civil justice reform.
American
Tort Reform Foundation
The ATR Foundation is a national leader in the fight to bring greater
fairness, efficiency, and predictability to our courts by educating
the public, the media, and policymakers about the need for a balanced
civil justice system.
The
Business Roundtable Civil Justice Reform Task Force
Develops policy options and implements action plans to address the civil
liability crisis.
Citizens
for a Sound Economy Lawsuit Abuse
Wants to give back the legal system to honest, decent Americans. Its
grassroots army has fought and won legal reforms at the federal level
and the state level.
Civil
Justice Association of California
A coalition of citizens, taxpayers, businesses, local governments,
professionals, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers, and
medical organizations dedicated to improving California's civil liability
system.
Common
Good
A bi-partisan coalition dedicated to overhauling America's lawsuit
culture.
The
Federalist Society
Conservative/Libertarian Organization of Attorneys Concerned About the
Legal System.
HALT
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, public interest group of more than 50,000
members dedicated to the principle that all Americans should be able
to handle their legal affairs simply, affordably and equitably.
Health
Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA)
A national advocacy coalition that supports effective federal health
care liability reform.
Illinois
Civil Justice League
A coalition of Illinois citizens, small and large businesses, associations,
professional societies, not-for-profit organizations, and local governments
working for fairness in the Illinois civil justice system.
Jury
Verdict Research
Facts about jury awards.
law.com
Legal News.
Louisiana
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
A non-profit, grass roots organization comprised of Louisianans
dedicated to putting an end to lawsuit abuse. Its mission is to educate
the public on the effects of lawsuit abuse to create a climate for reform
of our civil justice system.
Manhattan
Institute for Policy Research
A think-tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that
foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.
Michigan
Lawsuit Abuse Watch
M-LAW serves as a public watchdog over the state's court system.
Its goal is to eliminate the many negative effects that lawsuit abuse
has on families, job providers and communities.
Mississippians
for Economic Progress
Fosters economic progress for all Mississippians by promoting a
fair legal system.
National
Association of Manufacturers Fair Litigation Action Group
Focuses on the importance of fair liability laws and what legal reform
measures are needed to achieve this goal.
National
Chamber Litigation Center
Public-policy law firm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It gets involved,
through amicus briefs and third-party litigation, in cases that affect
business, including suits that deal with legal reform issues.
Ohio
Alliance for Civil Justice
Works to stop lawsuit abuse and promote a common sense civil justice
system in Ohio.
Overlawyered.com
Chronicles the high cost of the legal system through synopses of
news articles on frivolous lawsuits. Links to the stories are provided.
RAND
Institute for Civil Justice
Helps make the civil justice system more efficient and more equitable
through objective, empirically based research.
Stanford
Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
Provides detailed information relating to the prosecution, defense,
and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation.
It maintains an Index of Filings of 1,693 issuers that have been named
in federal class action securities fraud lawsuits since passage of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. It also contains copies
of more than 2,000 complaints, briefs, filings, and other litigation-related
materials filed in these cases.
SickofLawsuits.org
A grassroots campaign designed and supported by Citizens Against Lawsuit
Abuse (CALA) groups and other civil justice reform groups across the
country to help raise awareness of the healthcare litigation epidemic
affecting all Americans.
Tennesseans
for Legal Reform
A statewide, bipartisan coalition of nearly 500 businesses, corporations,
municipalities, associations, individualsand professional firms that
support civil justice reform.
Texans
for Lawsuit Reform
Works to restore balance and justice to the Texas civil justice
system.
Texas
Civil Justice League
Promotes the common interests of its members in reducing inequitable
and unreasonably high judgments and awards of the Texas legal system,
and works toward the improvement of business conditions through a fairer
and more equitable Texas civil justice system.
U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
A federation representing businesses, state and local chambers,
business associations, and American Chambers of Commerce abroad. One
of its top priorities is legal reform.
U.S.
Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
Institute Fighting for Legal Reform, Affiliated With Nation’s Largest
Business Organization.
Washington
Legal Foundation
Defending and Promoting Free Enterprise and Individual Rights Through
The Legal System.
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