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Vermont ranks twenty-fifth among all fifty states in the fairness of its litigation environment.

Read Press Release: West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, & California Ranked Worst Lawsuit Climates in the Nation

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The Liability Climate in the States: Costs, Reforms and the Potential Impact on Jobs with Special Remarks by Governor Robert F. McDonnell

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This panel at the 12th Annual Legal Reform Summit on October 26, 2011 examined the legal climate in the states, reforms and the impact on employment and business activity.  It featured special remarks by Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell.

Source: U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
Released: Oct 26, 2011

101 Ways to Improve State Legal Systems

This document provides a compilation of legal reforms in 23 areas for potential consideration by state legislatures. Within each area, the report briefly discusses the purpose of and need for each reform. In several areas, the report notes whether the reform is needed in particular states.

 This report does not provide an assessment of the general political feasibility of enacting legal reform in any individual state. Some states, such as Texas, have a reputation as being generally supportive of legal reform. Other states, such as Massachusetts, are hostile to any legislation that would be opposed by the plaintiffs’ bar. The analysis in this report does not purport to include any such state-specific political evaluation, which must occur before the effectiveness and feasibility of any reform can be fully understood. LEARN MORE »

Source: Institute for Legal Reform
Released: Oct 28, 2009
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The Vermont Chamber of Commerce represents 1,600 businesses, a collective voice that can be heard from Newport to Bennington, Vergennes to Groton, over hill and over dale. The Chamber was formed on Dec. 15, 1950. During the past five decades, it has grown to become a private, nonprofit business organization representing nearly every sector of the state's corporate community. Their mission is to create an economic climate conducive to business growth and the preservation of the Vermont quality of life.

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