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Some critics of regulation through litigation cite the standards that the federal government has refused to adopt. {Link without Title} There are sometimes legislative efforts to prevent regulation through litigation. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) argued in support of a 2005 federal Tort Reform that gave immunity to gun manufacturers in certain lawsuits because such lawsuits were "nothing more than thinly veiled attempts to circumvent the legislative process and achieve gun control through litigation"; reform supporters complained that (and The Pentagon supported the bill on the grounds that) the plaintiffs were trying to "sue manufacturers out of existence" through forcing them to incur $250 million in legal defense expenses, while Gun Control supporters argued that the legislation took "away the right of victims to be able to have their day in court," that the bill gave unprecedented immunity to a single industry, and that the law was unconstitutional.[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-102005guns_lat,0,794784.story] Some use the term "regulation through litigation" in a favorable sense. For example, some laws have " Private Attorney General " provisions that permit individuals to file suit in court to vindicate important rights. Many laws for addressing Consumer Protection , Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination provide incentives for the private enforcement of laws by allowing the prevailing party to recover a reasonable Attorney's Fee . Regulation through litigation may at times overlap with Judicial Activism . SEE ALSO
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