Priorities
2027: Restore Affordability in Texas
TLR is working to keep Texas affordable through lawsuit reform.
Reforms for 2027
What TLR is pressing ahead of the 2027 legislative session.
Medical billing fraud
Jurors should be told the true value of medical care. Inflated billed amounts should not be used to multiply the value of a lawsuit.
Read about medical billing fraud
Third-party litigation funding
Courts and parties should know who is financing a lawsuit, who stands to profit from it, and whether foreign interests are involved.
Follow the fundingNuclear verdicts are the clearest evidence of what these costs look like in a courtroom. Damages and nuclear verdicts explains how they happen and what Texas has and has not settled.
12 areas of civil-justice law
The full body of civil-justice law TLR works in, including the subjects above. Each area has its own legislative record and case law.
Protecting legitimate claims
Reforms that put real victims first and clear out the claims filed for leverage.
- Asbestos & Silica Putting real victims at the front of the line and ending the mass-screening abuses that clogged Texas dockets.Read the full issue
- Frivolous Litigation Tools, sanctions, and case law to dispose of baseless claims before they extort a settlement.Read the full issue
- Personal Injury, Wrongful Death & Other Torts Keeping Texas tort law fair to plaintiffs and defendants — without the abuses of the 1980s and 1990s.Read the full issue
- Consumer Protection Protecting Texas consumers from the lawsuits that quietly raise the price of everything they buy.Read the full issue
How Texas courts work
The rules of the road: where a case is tried, how damages are awarded, and who hears it.
- Damages and Nuclear Verdicts Anchoring jury awards to real harm — not the inflated theatrics of nuclear verdicts.Read the full issue
- Venue Ending 'forum shopping' so cases are tried where the events actually happened.Read the full issue
- Courts & Judges Backing competent, independent judges who apply the law as written.Read the full issue
- Lawsuit Procedures Loser-pays motions, expedited civil actions, and procedural tools that dispose of meritless claims early.Read the full issue
- Attorneys & the Bar Holding the legal profession to the standards Texans deserve — in advertising, solicitation, and conduct.Read the full issue
The reforms that changed Texas
Sector-specific fixes that ended some of the state's costliest litigation industries.
All data and sources are cited. Additional research is collected and consolidated from the following sources: the Institute for Legal Reform, the Perryman Group, Marathon Strategies, and the Texas Medical Board.