Did you know ILR has its own podcast? Cause for Action debuted in 2019 and has steadily grown its following, with more than 700 downloads… Read More
October 18, 2022
Thank you for your continued support of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) programs and initiatives. We hope you and your team will join us on November… Read More
October 13, 2022
The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990 to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in all areas of public life, like work,… Read More
October 12, 2022
“Nuclear verdicts” sound more like a new form of energy than a massive jury award and are generally described as worth $10 million or more. Read More
September 29, 2022
On this episode of ILR’s Cause for Action podcast, we share a preview of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term. Jenn Dickey, associate chief counsel… Read More
September 27, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The size and frequency of massive jury verdicts—known as “nuclear verdicts” and described generally as being worth $10 million or more—are increasing,… Read More
September 22, 2022
Nuclear verdicts are on the rise, with damaging consequences for businesses, consumers, and the rule of law. Nuclear Verdicts: Trends, Causes, and Solutions examines 1,376… Read More
September 22, 2022
You probably have heard of class action lawsuits, right? Class actions were meant to be an exception to a rule that… Read More
September 20, 2022
The European Commission has recently proposed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives to impose extensive new financial reporting and compliance obligations on companies.In ILR’s latest… Read More
September 15, 2022
Today the European Parliament adopted the legislative own-initiative report on responsible private funding of litigation. The Parliament’s report sends an… Read More
September 13, 2022
As the legal reform community looks ahead to a busy few months to cap off 2022, this edition of the ILR Research Review offers analyses… Read More
September 12, 2022
This month, a federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in a high-profile Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed to resolve tens of thousands of talcum… Read More
September 9, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez resolved fundamental constitutional questions about what a plaintiff must do to establish standing to bring a… Read More
September 6, 2022
The UK’s third party litigation funding (TPLF) industry has almost doubled the size of its assets over the past three years, according to data from… Read More
September 1, 2022
The class action system needs a lot of work. Unfair, Inefficient, and Unpredictable: Class Action Flaws and the Road to Reform closely examines the many dysfunctions in… Read More
August 30, 2022
California’s plaintiffs’ lawyers abuse well-intentioned laws like Prop 65, Song-Beverly, and the Private Attorneys General Act by clogging the state’s courts with cookie-cutter lawsuits. The… Read More
August 26, 2022
A dispute over what to do with settlement money from lawsuits brought by state attorneys general is dividing the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). … Read More
August 23, 2022
Resolving a dispute through arbitration remains fairer, faster, and better than litigation for both consumer and employee claimants. Recent research shows that on average, employees… Read More
August 18, 2022
Health care is a hard problem. No matter what your politics, it’s an undeniable fact that American families pay a lot for health care, and… Read More
August 16, 2022