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., 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., April 24, 2017 – With the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Tuesday appeals of two state supreme court decisions that dramatically expand lower courts’ personal jurisdiction over out-of-state […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 29, 2017 – With the Florida Senate’s Rules Committee poised to take up another bill designed to advantage politically powerful personal injury lawyers in Tallahassee this afternoon, […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 7, 2017 – Noting “recent media coverage influenced by trial lawyers’ willful efforts to mislead the public about an important policy debate,” the American Tort Reform Association […]
10th Circuit Record Shows ‘Refreshing’ Disinclination to Legislate from Bench WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2017 – Noting Judge Neil Gorsuch’s “refreshing record of leaving lawmaking to elected lawmakers,” the American […]
The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its 2016-2017 Judicial Hellholes® report, naming courts in Missouri, California, New York, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, Louisiana, Virginia and Texas among the nation’s “most […]
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 @CALACTX: Another frivolous lawsuit and why we need consumer protection reform. https://t.co/S954jZfLrq @AmTortReform
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RT @ReformLouisiana: . @LouisianaGov tax-sue-and-spend policies are not working for Louisiana. Tell the Gov we need jobs: https://t.co/7mV6…
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RT @lawsuitreform: Just a little over two weeks until #HB1774 goes into effect to protect Texans from storm-chasing lawyers! https://t.co/a…
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RT @LawsuitReformNY: Asbestos Litigation Reform That Helps Victims And Businesses https://t.co/Udpr8OtYhb
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ATRA President, Tiger Joyce, discusses the rising number of “slack-fill” food lawsuits and what can be done to help stop the abusive trend. Slack-fill claims now account for about 11% of overall food and beverage class action lawsuits in 2017, and sadly, real-life consumers ultimately absorb the costs of these verdicts and settlements. Plaintiffs’ attorneys take home millions in fees, while consumers are burdened with higher prices and less consumer choice.
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As ATRA points out in today’s LTE in the Wall Street Journal, the only people who stand to benefit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new anti-arbitration rule are the wealthy class action lawyers, not the cheated consumers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/class-action-lawyers-win-big-with-arbitration-rule-1502044969
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The Miami Herald reports House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s political committee, Watchdog-PAC “amassed $820,900 in the month of July, fueled in part by large checks from Florida trial lawyers.” When will it end? In March, ATRA’s Matt Fullenbaum wrote a letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal, which highlighted Florida’s reputation as a “judicial hellhole.” He says, unless and until their constituents convince them to support common-sense civil justice reforms, Florida’s trial lawyers will continue to earn the state this “well-deserved” reputation.
Here’s our Letter to the Editor: https://www.wsj.com/articles/litigation-fiesta-for-florida-plaintiffs-bar-1490133969
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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.
