Limiting litigation

When politicians on Capitol Hill try to put limits on tort litigation, it's a reasonably safe assumption that lobbyists are paying them on behalf of companies seeking impunity to put asbestos in lungs, lead in children and poisons in petrol – or at least to get a free pass for doing so in the past. But while companies should pay compensation to those who have suffered from their actions, there is one exception where the anti-tort lobbyists are halfjustified: shareholder suits. Shareholder