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PACT Executive Director: 'Consumers are unnecessarily strapped by the economic inflation due to lawsuit abuse'

Lauren Zelt, Executive Director of Protecting American Consumers Together (PACT), said in a press release that addressing lawsuit abuse through reforms at both the state and federal levels is essential to protect consumers and improve the fairness...


National Security Institute fellow: China can fund lawsuits ‘to disrupt American industries important to our national defense’

Paul Taylor, an attorney and fellow at George Mason University’s National Security Institute (NSI), stated that adversaries such as China can engage in third-party litigation funding (TPLF) to influence lawsuits in sensitive industries, which could have national security implications. Taylor shared his statement during a June 12 hearing about the impact of foreign TPLF on the U.S. intellectual property system.