U.S. Chamber's ILR Spent Over $9 Million on Lobbying in 3rd Quarter

Forbes notes that according to disclosure forms, "the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce focused on neutralizing the power of plaintiff trial lawyers, spent more than $9 million lobbying the federal government in the third quarter." The group lobbied Congress, the departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission "on judicial salaries, consumer product safety, attorney-client privilege, arbitration, drug labeling and other issues." Read more.