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.
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The conservative stronghold loses its roots and expands liability statewide July 9, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, the American Tort Reform Association made a midyear addition to its annual “Judicial Hellholes” […]
Michael Bloomberg’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center and U.S. Climate Alliance Pay Salaries of Embedded Staffers to Push Their Agendas MAY 29, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, the American Tort […]
Lawyers spend $15.6 million soliciting their services and alarming citizens MAY 23, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, the American Tort Reform Association released its first report on trial lawyer advertising in […]
132,000 ads aired in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio & Houston April 17, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – The American Tort Reform Association released its latest study on trial lawyer advertising, which […]
APRIL 9, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, the American Tort Reform Association released a study showing spending on TV ads by trial lawyers in Kentucky’s largest media markets. If it feels […]
March 21, 2019 (WASHINGTON) — Today, the American Tort Reform Association released a study showing spending on TV ads by trial lawyers in Texas’s largest media markets. “Don’t settle for quick cash! Call […]
New Report: Trial Lawyers Spend Millions on TV Ads in West Virginia S.B. 66 to address deceptive lawsuit advertising practices FEB. 25, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, the American Tort […]
Jan. 15, 2019 (WASHINGTON) — A new report released by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) reveals the rapid growth of large firms representing state and municipal governments in cases involving opioids and […]
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
American Tort Reform
Read our full report on outside lawyers and activists within the government: https://t.co/ZgFCkmEy2p https://t.co/ZyPG6MpZho
American Tort Reform
ICYMI: Oklahoma added to list of #JudicialHellholes amid year fraught with litigation from @AGMikeHunter and liabil… https://t.co/FnyHzH5QuZ
American Tort Reform
RT @BaileyNGriffith: Tiger Joyce, @AmTortReform President, said the NYU program and similar “arrangements put government employees in a p…
American Tort Reform
Great news out of Missouri this afternoon. Thank you, @GovParsonMO for signing these bills into law and thank you,… https://t.co/wsTl3uRvmu
American Tort Reform
Tiger Joyce, president of the American Tort Reform Association, said the NYU program and similar “arrangements put government employees in a position in which they are serving two masters – and one will always win out.” via Albuquerque Journal
https://www.abqjournal.com/1340423/outside-attorneys-in-ags-office-face-criticism-ex-two-lawyers-funded-by-nyu-school-of-law-focus-on-clean-energy-climate-and-environment.html
American Tort Reform
“The State Energy and Environmental Impact Center has placed at least 11 special assistants in eight attorney-general offices. There could be more, but the center has stopped announcing new placements, possibly as a result of scrutiny from groups like ours.” Read our report on the embedding of climate activists in state AG offices: http://bit.ly/AdvocacyWithin
American Tort Reform
“You can’t say these suits are about actually helping the people harmed unless you direct the funds and mandate the funds to be used for those purposes,” said Matthew Myers, president on the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. https://biglawbusiness.com/squandered-big-tobacco-money-a-cautionary-tale-in-opioid-cases
American Tort Reform
Curt Schroder of the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform explains some of the reasons why the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found itself highlighted in the Judicial Hellholes report.
