The West Virginia Record, founded in 2005, is a weekly legal publication funded by the United States Chamber of Commerce

United States Chamber of Commerce

The United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....

 and distributed in the state of West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

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The Record is a product of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. It is distributed statewide and covers subjects of interest to the legal community. It takes an editorial viewpoint that is conservative and strongly favors tort reform

Tort reform

Tort reform refers to proposed changes in common law civil justice systems that would reduce tort litigation or damages. Tort actions are civil common law claims first created in the English commonwealth system as a non-legislative means for compensating wrongs and harm done by one party to...

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According to a lawsuit filed against the Record in August 2006, the Record is published by an Illinois company, the Madison County Record Inc. The president of that company is Stanton D. Anderson, who is also senior counsel to the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.