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06 October 2023
Sherman "Tiger" Joyce, President of the American Tort Reform Association, discusses the mass increase in third party litigation financing, its ethical implications and adverse consequences, costs to society of "junk science" lawsuits, and ATRA's recently released "Trial Lawyer Playbook Report."
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