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Oct 24, 2025

Washington Update October 2025

As of this writing, the country is in its third week of a government shutdown. This is a tremendously difficult time for government workers who have missed paychecks and jobs and continue to live with constant uncertainty. And, the judicial branch has ann...

Oct 17, 2025

SEC Policy Change to Gut Shareholder Rights: What They're Saying

SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw’s, Statement, September 17, 2025  "Today, we find another way to stack the deck against investors. The commission has decided to hastily construct a new shortcut to its preferred policy destinatio...

Sep 22, 2025

Washington Update September 2025

"Make it safe." It’s a reasonable and simple request.   Corporations claim they make "the best" products. Yet, many corporations market products that are unsafe, improperly tested, or based on false data. Our portfolio of issues continues to ba...

Sep 22, 2025

AAJ Response to SEC Policy Change to Gut Shareholder Rights

The shareholder forced arbitration policy issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 17, 2025, is a radical policy change that will shield fraudulent companies from public accountability, put investors at risk of massive losses, d...

Sep 16, 2025

AAJ Applauds Reintroduction of the FAIR Act to End Forced Arbitration

WASHINGTON, DC—American Association for Justice CEO Linda Lipsen issued the following statement after federal lawmakers reintroduced the FAIR Act to end forced arbitration:   "Forced arbitration is a rigged system that stacks the deck against c...

Sep 09, 2025

College Athletes Oppose the SCORE Act in Congressional Briefing

WASHINGTON, DC—In a congressional briefing hosted today by the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP) and the American Association for Justice (AAJ), current and former college athletes expressed strong opposition to the SCORE Act.   A...

Sep 03, 2025

AAJ Applauds Bipartisan Senate Momentum on Protecting Older Americans Against Forced Arbitration

WASHINGTON, DC—American Association for Justice (AAJ) CEO Linda Lipsen issued the following statement after today’s Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on protecting older Americans in the workplace and the reintroduction of the Pro...

Aug 15, 2025

Washington Update August 2025

Congress’s annual recess in August is a welcome relief. For the first seven months of 2025, AAJ worked intensely to defend civil justice on Capitol Hill, in the nation’s courts, regulatory agencies, and the court of public opinion.   A re...

Aug 04, 2025

AAJ Recognizes Trial Lawyers' Achievements at 2025 Annual Convention

WASHINGTON, DC—Every year at the annual convention, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) honors dedicated AAJ members who’ve made outstanding contributions to the legal community and American society.   "I’m always so impresse...

Jul 23, 2025

AAJ Statement Opposing the SCORE Act

WASHINGTON, DC—American Association for Justice CEO Linda Lipsen issued the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce and Education and Workforce Committees advanced the SCORE Act:   "College athletes deserve the same legal rights...

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