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'Transparency code' ties the hands of state attorneys general.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) recently unveiled a new "transparency code" aimed at stirring public debate about how state attorneys general hire outside counsel to assist with litigation on behalf of the government. ATRA asserts that attorneys general should adopt this ethics code to regulate "activist attorneys general who are pursuing public policy goals that legislators have 'failed to meet.'"

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