Since 1986, ATRA is the only national organization exclusively dedicated to reforming the civil justice system. It is a nationwide network of state-based liability reform coalitions backed by 135,000 grassroots supporters. ATRA also has had an unparalleled track record of legislative success.
IssuesClick on each state to find out what civil justice reform laws have passed, when they were passed, and whether they have been upheld as constitutional.
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 3, 2017 – The American Tort Reform Association is cheering a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision last Friday that reversed a record-setting $663 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 19, 2017 – The American Tort Reform Association today announced its support for reform legislation introduced by Congressman John Faso (R-NY) that “will allow the federal government […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2017 —The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), along with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) on Friday […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 23, 2017 – The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) today praised Virginia attorney general candidate John Adams for embracing good-government principles by signing ATRA’s 2017 Transparency Code […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 22, 2017 – Citing California’s stubborn and long criticized reluctance to adopt unambiguously the more exacting Daubert standard for expert evidence used in all federal courts and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2017 – Acknowledging the “growing scope, seriousness and complexity of our nation’s problems with the abuse of federally approved pain medication,” the American Tort Reform Association […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2017 – With today’s announced decision of a third significant jurisdictional case by the U.S. Supreme Court this term, the American Tort Reform Association applauded the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2017 – With Gov. Eric Greitens expected to sign a key tort reform bill into law today, the American Tort Reform Association pointed again “to the […]
Lawsuit Industry’s ‘Largely Unreported’ Lobbying Success with Obama Administration Detailed
ATRA Urges Media to Focus on Other ‘Midnight’ Regulations Expected to Favor Big Donors to President’s Party as Time Runs out on His Second Term
Urges NY Lawmakers to Pass Asbestos Transparency Legislation, Says AG Schneiderman Should Investigate Fraud by Asbestos Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
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RT @texashammond: TX made progress w/ #lawsuitreform in #txlege, then trial lawyers immediately attacked https://t.co/CjBnziZZe2
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#FrivolousFriday There’s nothing sweet about this lawsuit. https://t.co/t8KxgQfCXl https://t.co/5fzy7MjJws
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RT @JudHellholes: First of Missouri’s Monster Talc Verdicts Falls on Appeal, Others Likely to Follow: https://t.co/nauJpxGjw3
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#Flashback It’s almost that time of the year. Who will get a lump of Judicial Hellholes coal in their stocking this year. Here’s a look back at some of the worst offenders.
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Panel includes Joshua Wright, FTC Commissioner, Professor Joanna Shepherd-Bailey, Emory University School of Law, Professor Peter Hollend, University of Maryland Law School, and Cary Silverman, Shook Hardy & Bacon
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Tom Stebbins of LRANY discusses the influx of tort cases against high fructose corn syrup.
