Torts

Issue Code: TOR

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AI Overview

Torts is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $34.0M in total lobbying spend across 1,963 filings, it ranks among the actively lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.

$34.0M
Total Lobbying Spend
1,963
Filings
50
Top Clients

Spending by Year

YearSpendingFilings
2018$4.8M270
2019$3.7M205
2020$5.7M394
2021$2.9M215
2022$4.1M220
2023$4.9M211
2024$3.7M211
2025$4.2M237

Biggest Spenders

#ClientSpending
1U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform$3.6M
2Johnson & Johnson Services, INC.$3.6M
3American Property Casualty Insurance Association$2.0M
4American Association for Justice$1.8M
5U.S. Chamber of Commerce FKA U.S. Chamber of Commerce-institute for Legal Reform$1.5M
6The Institute for Legal Reform - U.S. Chamber of Commerce$1.2M
7Blue Diamond Growers$1.2M
8Altria Client Services, LLC$1.0M
9Bell Legal Group$985K
10International Council of Shopping Centers$930K
11Lawyers for Civil Justice$929K
12American Property Casualty Insurance Association FKA Property Casualty Insurers$911K
13Institute for Legal Reform$890K
14Baylor Scott and White Health -- Formerly Baylor Health Care System$690K
15Smithfield Foods, INC.$690K
16Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC (Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides&barnerd LLC)$662K
17National Association of Shareholders and Consumer Attorneys$660K
18Crowell & Moring LLP Obo Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism$660K
19Conocophillips$500K
20U. S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform$500K
21National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association$480K
22Finkelstein & Krinsk, LLP$430K
23Victims of Iranian Sponsored Terrorism$430K
24Travelers Companies, INC. and Subsidiaries$428K
25Honeywell International$400K

Top Firms

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$5.5M
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$3.5M
North South Government Strategies, FKA Jdm Public Strategies, LLC$3.0M
Tiber Creek Group$1.8M
Ogr$1.5M
Cgcn Group, LLC$1.2M
Tuttle Taylor and Heron$1.2M
Strategic Policy Counsel PLLC$974K
Exigent Government Relations$935K
Hollier & Associates$870K
Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca$860K
1607 Strategies, LLC$767K
Mr. Daniel Weiss$740K
Holland & Knight LLP$730K
Marshall Brachman$690K

What They Lobby For

  • Liability protection for infrastructure projects; emergency response protections; HR 2548, FEMA Reauthorization; flood insurance reauthorization.
  • HR 1118 / S 18 - Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - provisions relating to firms not engaged in manufacturing products
  • support passage of medical malpractice limits
  • H.R. 985 - Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act - SUPPORT H.R. 720 / S. 237 - Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (LARA) - SUPPORT H.R. 725 - Innocent Party Prote
  • Tort reform issues
  • Fraudulent Joinder Reform
  • HR 2432, Volunteer Organization Protection Act
  • Legal/Tort Reform: track the progress of the insurance industry's collaboration on legal reform tort issues at the federal and state levels.
  • support for legislation in support of the survivors of the water contamination at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
  • Product Liability, Intellectual Property Rights

Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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