In the American Association for Justice (AAJ) article, Do As I Say, Not As I Sue, the AAJ comments on the hypocrisy of the U.S.  Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR). The ILR is a part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Its main goal is to restrict the ability of individuals who have been wronged by a corporation’s negligence from filing civil lawsuits. Yet these corporations themselves are the very people that are over-using the system.

The AAJ article cites several different ILR board members, including Caterpillar and FedEx, as corporations filing frivolous lawsuits, the very lawsuits they are trying to prevent. Caterpillar, for example, sued Disney because the depiction of bulldozers in the movie George of the Jungle 2, were overly aggressive, and FedEx filed a lawsuit against a man for making a chair out of FedEx boxes. The AAJ comments that it seems hypocritical for the board members of the ILR to file lawsuits for seemingly frivolous reasons while attempting to deny American citizens access to the legal system.

To access the full report, Do As I Say, Not As I Sue: Exposing the Lawsuit-Happy Hypocrites of U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform, you can visit the American Association for Justice website.