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The Commonweal Institute report, The Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law, is available online in two formats: HTML, which means viewable online as web pages (better for slower connections) and PDF format, which can be viewed or downloaded for printing

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This is the beginning of Commonweal Institute's report "The Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law" in HTML format (a series of cross-linked web pages).

You can also click here to read the entire report in PDF format.

"With Republicans in charge of much of Washington - and moving to put limits on litigation - the headquarters of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) could be described as a building under siege. [. . .] ATLA lobbyists are fighting a wave of legislation aimed at capping what juries can award, curbing class-action suits, and protecting individual industries from litigation. Similar bills are getting passed in states, and even attorneys themselves are piling on - filing petitions to limit plaintiff lawyers' fees.

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