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THE SUNSHINE IN LITIGATION ACT: DOES COURT
SECRECY UNDERMINE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY?

HEARING
BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANTITRUST,
COMPETITION POLICY AND CONSUMER RIGHTS
OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Serial No. J11067

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
HERB KOHL, Wisconsin
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California
JON KYL, Arizona
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York
LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
JOHN CORNYN, Texas
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island
TOM COBURN, Oklahoma
BRUCE A. COHEN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
MICHAEL ONEILL, Republican Chief Counsel and Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE

ON

ANTITRUST, COMPETITION POLICY

AND

CONSUMER RIGHTS

HERB KOHL, Wisconsin, Chairman

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland
TOM COBURN, Oklahoma
JEFFREY MILLER, Chief Counsel
PETER LEVITAS, Republican Chief Counsel

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At the end of the Contents page, insert the following: .........................................

ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
American Association for Justice, Kathleen Flynn Peterson, President, Washington, D.C., letter and attachment ....................................................................
Anderson, Joseph F., Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, District of South Carolina, article ............................................................................................................
National Consumers League, Sally Greenberg, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter ...............................................................................................
Sunshine in Government Initiative, Rick Blum, Coordinator, Arlington,
Viginia, letter .......................................................................................................

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