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The Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law - Condensed Version
This is a much-condensed version of the Commonweal Institute report with the same title. Author David C. Johnson wrote this article at the request of this Canadian law journal, as the same organizations and individuals that are seeking to undermine the civil justice system in the United States are carrying out a similar campaign in other Anglophone countries.
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The Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law
This comprehensive report describes the conservative movement's goals and methods in its sustained, effective campaign to undermine the civil justice system. A network of seemingly-independent organizations is funded by a small cluster of conservative foundations, motivated both by an ideology interest in weakening constraints on the conduct of corporate entitities and a political agenda that seeks to limit trial lawyers' ability to contribute money to "the left". The so-called "tort reform" movement utilizes an extensive conservatve communications network to disseminate ideological messages to the public and political leaders. A coordinated, strategic communications and marketing campaign will be required to counter this assault on the civil justice system.
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