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Ending Lawsuit Abuse and Ensuring Litigation Fairness
America's Out-of-Control Civil Lawsuit System Hurts Businesses, Employees, and Families
Frivolous lawsuits are crippling our legal system and sucking the vitality out of American businesses.
Our out-of-control lawsuit system costs slightly more than a quarter of a trillion dollars a year, which represents about 1.9% of U.S. GDP. This is about two-and-one-half times the cost of other industrialized nations (Tillinghast-Towers Perrin).
The cost to the average U.S. family is more than $3,200 per year, but the inefficient U.S. civil justice system returns to claimants less than 50 cents on the dollar (Tillinghast-Towers Perrin).
Small businesses take a big hit, paying $98 billion in tort costs (NERA).
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National Chamber Litigation CenterThe National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC) - the public-policy law firm of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America - plays a major role in shaping public policy on important legal questions of national concern to American business while achieving long-range improvements in the legal system. |
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Institute for Legal ReformThe U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) is a national campaign, representing the nation's business community, with the critical mission of making America's legal system simpler, fairer and faster for everyone. |
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From FacesofLawsuitAbuse.org
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