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The Subcommittee is working to build the GOP record of expanding civil justice, including securities reform, class action reform, and medical justice. It works with Members, committees of jurisdiction, and the executive to establish a menu of reform choices and make recommendations.
For activities of Chairman Vitter's Political, Educational, and Legal Reform Policy Subcommittee in the 107th Congress, see the archives.
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| RECENT MEETINGS |
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Oct 16, 03 |
Judicial Nominations and Civil Justice Reform: Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch; Note early start: 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m., H-122, the Capitol |
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Jul 25, 03 |
Subcommittee breaks for August District Work Period |
| ABOUT THE COMMITTEE |
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Abusive litigation benefits a small caste of trial lawyers at the expense of American taxpayers. Out-of-control punitive and non-economic damage awards and pernicious and abusive class actions stifle innovation and growth, destroying jobs, and compromising the health care system. Huge damage awards that bear no relation to the harm suffered stop doctors from practicing medicine and stifle new and critical technologies. Trial lawyers use class action lawsuits to blackmail companies into settlements with huge fees, while clients, the ostensible “victims,” receive little or nothing. All of these facts, along with tacit acceptance of illegal immigration, lead to a decline in respect for the rule of law.
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