The president of the organization is Harold H. Kim,[1] and the group's website says it is the "country's most influential and successful advocate for civil justice reform, both in the U.S. and abroad.
"[2] ILR advocates for a number of state and federal policy positions related to civil justice reform.
Every few years, ILR releases the results of a Harris Poll survey that ranks the 50 states, from best to worst, on their individual legal climates.
Critics argue that such interest groups do not promote judicial efficiency, legal ethics, or any other public purpose, but merely protect corporations from the consequences of their misdeeds.
[4] Critics further argue in order to pursue their agenda, the ILR has created several newspapers around the country that present readers with biased, anti-victim accounts of cases and pro-“tort reform” commentary.