America's Tort Lawyers and Judicial Hellholes
21 July 2017
Sherman "Tiger" Joyce, President of the American Tort Reform Association, discusses concerns regarding the takeover by tort lawyers of the American Law Institute, publisher of the Restatements of Law, how the once highly-respected group known for its objectivity is becoming another interest group, and ATRA's annual "Judicial Hellholes Report."
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