Since 2002, the American Tort Reform Foundation’s (ATRF) Judicial Hellholes® program has identified and documented problems in jurisdictions where judges in civil cases systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner, generally to the disadvantage of defendants. More recently, as the lawsuit industry began aggressively seeking expansions of civil liability not only from the judicial branch but from the legislative and executive (regulatory) branches of government, too, the Judicial Hellholes report has evolved to include such law- and rule-making activity, much of which can significantly affect the fairness of civil litigation.
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