[Senate Hearing 110-263]
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                                                        S. Hrg. 110-263
 
                                [ERRATA] 
  THE SUNSHINE IN LITIGATION ACT: DOES COURT SECRECY UNDERMINE PUBLIC 
                           HEALTH AND SAFETY? 

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                                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

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                           DECEMBER 11, 2007

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                          Serial No. J-110-67

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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 O'Neill, Republican Chief Counsel and Staff Director
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   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

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American Association for Justice, Kathleen Flynn Peterson, 
  President, Washington, D.C., letter and attachment.............   245
Anderson, Joseph F., Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, District of 
  South Carolina, article........................................   252
National Consumers League, Sally Greenberg, Executive Director, 
  Washington, D.C., letter.......................................   281
Sunshine in Government Initiative, Rick Blum, Coordinator, 
  Arlington, Viginia, letter.....................................   282

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