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:ALF trumpets their "deep commitment to redressing the bias against business which manifests itself in favor of narrow 'consumer' or 'environmental' concerns" (ALF Annual Report, 1994). ALF also promotes "sound science" in the courtroom (ALF, "Our Philosophy," 2004). ALF has received funding from ASARCO, ARCO Chemical Co, [[Chevron]], [[DuPont]], [[Pfizer]], and [[Texaco]]. Other funding sources include prominent conservative philanthropic foundations, including the Sarah Scaife, Claude Lambe, John Olin, Castle Rock (Coors) and the Philip McKenna Foundations.{{ref|Exxon}}
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:ALF trumpets their "deep commitment to redressing the bias against business which manifests itself in favor of narrow 'consumer' or 'environmental' concerns" (ALF Annual Report, 1994). ALF also promotes "sound science" in the courtroom (ALF, "Our Philosophy," 2004).  
  
==Helping corporations to ignore health and seafety legislation==
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The Foundatio has received funding from [[ASARCO]], [[ARCO Chemical]] Co, [[Chevron]], [[DuPont]], [[Pfizer]], and [[Texaco]]. Other funding sources include prominent conservative philanthropic foundations, including the [[Sarah Scaife]], [[Claude Lambe]], [[John Olin]], [[Castle Rock]] (Coors) and the [[Philip McKenna Foundation]]s.{{ref|Exxon}}
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==Helping corporations to ignore health and safety legislation==
  
 
:ALF does not appear to initiate lawsuits, but files numerous amicus briefs on issues including charter schools, affirmative action, and the use of scientific testimony in court. It is the latter issue that seems to occupy the most of ALF's recent efforts.
 
:ALF does not appear to initiate lawsuits, but files numerous amicus briefs on issues including charter schools, affirmative action, and the use of scientific testimony in court. It is the latter issue that seems to occupy the most of ALF's recent efforts.
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:The consequence of such rulings is that plaintiffs litigating against pharmaceutical companies, medical providers, or other corporate concerns will have a more difficult time establishing the scientific basis of their claims. Corporations which finance scientific experts, and the scientists who in many cases are implicated in these cases, would be unopposed in their "expert" claims in the courtroom. Having established this precedent on the federal level, Atlantic Legal Foundation is looking to further expand it at the state levels, where the majority of tort claims are pursued. The logical conclusion of such precedents would be a vast reduction in the size and frequency of judgments against corporations, thus making it profitable for them to disregard health and safety laws.[http://www.corporatepolicy.org/issues/Atlantic.htm]
 
:The consequence of such rulings is that plaintiffs litigating against pharmaceutical companies, medical providers, or other corporate concerns will have a more difficult time establishing the scientific basis of their claims. Corporations which finance scientific experts, and the scientists who in many cases are implicated in these cases, would be unopposed in their "expert" claims in the courtroom. Having established this precedent on the federal level, Atlantic Legal Foundation is looking to further expand it at the state levels, where the majority of tort claims are pursued. The logical conclusion of such precedents would be a vast reduction in the size and frequency of judgments against corporations, thus making it profitable for them to disregard health and safety laws.[http://www.corporatepolicy.org/issues/Atlantic.htm]
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==People==
 
==People==
  
Atlantic Legal Foundation's Leadership
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===Board of Directors===
Board of Directors
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*[[Hayward D. Fisk]], Chairman, VP & General Counsel Computer Sciences Corporation El Segundo, CA
Hayward D. Fisk
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*[[William H. Slattery]] President Atlantic Legal Foundation
Chairman
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*[[Douglas Foster]] Vice Chairman
Vice President & General Counsel
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*[[Stephen J. Harmelin]] Treasurer, Managing Partner Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Computer Sciences Corporation
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*[[Charles R. Work]] Secretary, Partner McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, D.C.
El Segundo, CA William H. Slattery
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*[[Francis B. Burch, Jr.]] Co-Chairman, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, Baltimore, MD
President
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*[[George S. Frazza]] Counsel Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, General Counsel (Ret.)Johnson & Johnson, New York, NY
Atlantic Legal Foundation
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*[[William Graham]] Partner Connell Foley LLP, General Counsel (Ret.) Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Roseland, NJ
New York, NY
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*[[Donald M. Gray]] Managing Director (Ret.) Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Bronxville, NY
Douglas Foster
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*[[Carol A. Casazza Herman]] Assistant General Counsel Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
Vice Chairman
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*[[Ernest B. Hueter]] President (Ret.) [[National Legal Center for the Public Interest]], Washington, DC
Vice Chairman
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*[[R. William Ide]] Partner McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, GA
Atlantic Legal Foundation
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*[[Robert E. Juceam]] Partner Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY
Williamstown, MA Stephen J. Harmelin
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*[[Edwin L. Lewis]] General Counsel Photronics, Inc., Brookfield, CT
Treasurer
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*[[Robert A. Lonergan]] VP & General Counsel Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA
Managing Partner
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*[[William B. Lytton]] Exec. VP & General Counsel Tyco International Ltd., Princeton, NJ
Dilworth Paxson LLP
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*[[Frank H. Menaker]] Partner DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Senior VP & General Counsel (Ret.) Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD
Philadelphia, PA
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*[[Ernest T. Patrikis]] Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Former Senior VP & General Counsel, American International Group, Inc., New York, NY
Charles R. Work
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*[[Thomas L. Sager]] VP & Assistant General Counsel DuPont Co., Wilmington, DE
Secretary
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*[[Frederick Seitz]], Ph.D, Director Emeritus Atlantic Legal, President Emeritus The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Partner
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*[[Philip R. Sellinger]] Managing Shareholder - NJ Greenberg Traurig LLP, Florham Park, NJ
McDermott, Will & Emery
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*[[Clifford B. Storms]] Senior VP & General Counsel (Ret.) CPC International Inc., Greenwich, CT
Washington, D.C. Francis B. Burch, Jr.
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*[[Elia Weinbach]] Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Co-Chairman
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*[[Stephen T. Whelan]] Partner [[Thacher Proffitt & Wood]]
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
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*[[James I. Wyer]] General Counsel (Ret.) [[American Cyanamid]]
Baltimore, MD
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George S. Frazza
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===Atlantic Legal Officers===
Of Counsel Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP
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*[[William H. Slattery]] President
General Counsel (Ret.) Johnson & Johnson
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*[[Martin S. Kaufman]] Senior Vice President & General Counsel
New York, NY William Graham
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*[[Briscoe R. Smith]] Senior Vice President & Counsel
Partner
 
Connell Foley LLP
 
General Counsel (Ret.)
 
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
 
Roseland, NJ
 
Donald M. Gray
 
Managing Director (Ret.)
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
 
Bronxville, NY
 
Carol A. Casazza Herman
 
Assistant General Counsel
 
Pfizer Inc
 
New York, NY
 
Ernest B. Hueter
 
President (Ret.)
 
National Legal Center for the Public Interest
 
Washington, DC R. William Ide
 
Partner
 
McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP
 
Atlanta, GA
 
Robert E. Juceam
 
Partner
 
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
 
New York, NY Edwin L. Lewis
 
General Counsel
 
Photronics, Inc.
 
Brookfield, CT
 
Robert A. Lonergan
 
Vice President & General Counsel
 
Rohm and Haas Company
 
Philadelphia, PA William B. Lytton
 
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
 
Tyco International Ltd.
 
Princeton, NJ
 
Frank H. Menaker
 
Partner
 
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
 
Senior Vice President & General Counsel (Ret.)
 
Lockheed Martin Corporation
 
Bethesda, MD Ernest T. Patrikis
 
Partner
 
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
 
Former Senior Vice President & General Counsel
 
American International Group, Inc.
 
New York, NY
 
Thomas L. Sager
 
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel
 
DuPont Co.
 
Wilmington, DE Frederick Seitz, Ph.D
 
Director Emeritus
 
Atlantic Legal
 
President Emeritus
 
The Rockefeller University
 
New York, NY
 
Philip R. Sellinger
 
Managing Shareholder - NJ
 
Greenberg Traurig LLP
 
Florham Park, NJ Clifford B. Storms
 
Senior Vice President & General Counsel (Ret.)
 
CPC International Inc.
 
Greenwich, CT
 
Elia Weinbach
 
Partner
 
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
 
Los Angeles, CA
 
Stephen T. Whelan
 
Partner
 
Thacher Proffitt & Wood
 
New York, NY
 
James I. Wyer
 
General Counsel (Ret.)
 
American Cyanamid
 
Locust, NJ
 
  
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===Advisory Council===
Atlantic Legal Officers
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*[[David C. Apy]] Partner, McCarter & English Newark, NJ
William H. Slattery
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*[[Patricia Buffler]], PhD., M.P.H. Prof. of Epidemiology Dean Emerita of the School of Public Health Univ. of California Berkeley, CA
President
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*[[Henry N. Butler]] J.D., Ph.D., Director, Judicial Education Program AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Irvine, CA
Atlantic Legal Foundation
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*[[John H. Carley]] Senior VP-Legal and Regulatory Affairs Cendant Corporation, New York, NY
New York, NY Martin S. Kaufman
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*[[Albert W. Driver]] Editor, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, General Counsel (Ret.), J.C. Penney Co. Mountainside, NJ
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
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*[[George E. Ehrlich]], MD, Adjunct Prof. Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic Legal Foundation
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*[[Frederick T. Elder]] Ph.D., P.E, Principal Frederick T. Elder & Associates, Madison, WI
New York, NY
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*[[Charles M. Elson]]
Briscoe R. Smith
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*[[Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. ]] Chair, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
Senior Vice President & Counsel
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*[[Arthur F. Fergenson]] Partner, [[DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary]] US LLP Baltimore, MD
Atlantic Legal Foundation
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*[[Alfred L. Ferguson]] Counsel, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
New York, NY
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*[[Ronald E. Gots]], MD, Ph.D., Principal, International Center for Toxicology and Medicine Rockville, MD
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*[[Thomas R. Gottshall]], Esq., Partner, Haynsworth Sinkler & Boyd, P.A. Columbia, SC
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*[[Philip S. Guzelian]],  MD, Director, Medical Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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*[[Thor Halvorssen]] President, The [[Human Rights Foundation]], New York, NY
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*[[Roger S. Kaplan]] Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP, Melville, NY
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*[[Dennis McBride]], Ph.D., MPA, President, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Arlington, VA
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*[[Susan L. Meade]] Senior VP (Ret.), JP Morgan Chase & Co. New York, NY
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*[[A. Alan Moghissi]], PhD, President, Institute for Regulatory Science, Columbia, MD
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*[[Charles W. Mooney, Jr.]] Prof. of Law, Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
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*[[Rodney W. Nichols]] Former President and CEO, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY
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*[[Adam Offenhartz]], Esq., Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY
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*[[Hamilton Osborne, Jr.]] Partner, Haynsworth Sinkler & Boyd, P.A., Columbia, SC
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*[[William G. Primps]] Partner, Le Boeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York, NY
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*[[Issac Rabino]], PhD, Prof. Biological and Health Sciences, State Univ. of New York, New York, NY
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*[[Alan Charles Raul]] Partner, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, DC
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*[[Paul C. Rooney, Jr.]], Esq., Partner (Ret.), White & Case Sharon, CT
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*[[Sally Satel]], MD, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
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*[[R. Edwin Selover]] Senior VP & General Counsel, Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Newark, NJ
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*[[Barry H. Smith]], MD, Ph.D., Senior VP, The Rogosin Institute, New York, NY
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*[[A. F. Spilhaus, Jr.]], Ph.D., Exec. Director, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
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*[[Lance H. Wilson]] Senior VP, American Property Financing, New York, NY
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*[[Richard Wilson]], D.Phil., Mallinckrodt Research, Prof. of Physics, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
  
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==Notea==
Advisory Council
 
David C. Apy
 
Partner
 
McCarter & English
 
Newark, NJ Patricia Buffler, PhD., M.P.H.
 
Professor of Epidemiology Dean Emerita of the School of Public Health
 
University of California
 
Berkeley, CA
 
Henry N. Butler J.D., Ph.D.
 
Director, Judicial Education Program
 
AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies
 
Irvine, CA John H. Carley
 
Senior Vice President-Legal and Regulatory Affairs
 
Cendant Corporation
 
New York, NY
 
Albert W. Driver
 
Editor, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
 
General Counsel (Ret.),
 
J.C. Penney Co.
 
Mountainside, NJ George E. Ehrlich, MD
 
Adjunct Professor
 
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
 
Philadelphia, PA
 
Frederick T. Elder Ph.D., P.E
 
Principal
 
Frederick T. Elder & Associates
 
Madison, WI Prof. Charles M. Elson
 
Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair
 
John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance University of Delaware
 
Newark, DE
 
Arthur F. Fergenson
 
Partner
 
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
 
Baltimore, MD Alfred L. Ferguson
 
Of Counsel
 
McCarter & English
 
Newark, NJ
 
Ronald E. Gots, MD, Ph.D.
 
Principal
 
International Center for Toxicology and Medicine
 
Rockville, MD Thomas R. Gottshall, Esq.
 
Partner
 
Haynsworth Sinkler & Boyd, P.A.
 
Columbia, SC
 
Philip S. Guzelian, MD
 
Director, Medical Toxicology
 
Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
 
Denver, CO Thor Halvorssen
 
President
 
The Human Rights Foundation
 
New York, NY
 
Roger S. Kaplan
 
Partner
 
Jackson Lewis LLP
 
Melville, NY Dennis McBride, Ph.D., MPA
 
President
 
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
 
Arlington, VA
 
Susan L. Meade
 
Senior Vice President (Ret.)
 
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
 
New York, NY A. Alan Moghissi, PhD
 
President
 
Institute for Regulatory Science
 
Columbia, MD
 
Charles W. Mooney, Jr.
 
Professor of Law
 
University of Pennsylvania School of Law
 
Philadelphia, PA Rodney W. Nichols
 
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
 
New York Academy of Sciences
 
New York, NY
 
Adam Offenhartz, Esq.
 
Partner
 
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
 
New York, NY Hamilton Osborne, Jr.
 
Partner
 
Haynsworth Sinkler & Boyd, P.A.
 
Columbia, SC
 
William G. Primps
 
Partner
 
Le Boeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
 
New York, NY Issac Rabino, PhD
 
Professor in Biological and Health Sciences
 
State University of New York
 
New York, NY
 
Alan Charles Raul
 
Partner
 
Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood
 
Washington, DC Paul C. Rooney, Jr., Esq.
 
Partner (Ret.)
 
White & Case
 
Sharon, CT
 
Sally Satel, MD
 
Resident Scholar
 
American Enterprise Institute
 
Washington, DC R. Edwin Selover
 
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
 
Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
 
Newark, NJ
 
Barry H. Smith, MD, Ph.D
 
Senior Vice President
 
The Rogosin Institute
 
New York, NY A. F. Spilhaus, Jr., Ph.D
 
Executive Director
 
American Geophysical Union
 
Washington, DC
 
Lance H. Wilson
 
Senior Vice President
 
American Property Financing
 
New York, NY Prof. Richard Wilson, D.Phil
 
Mallinckrodt Research
 
Professor of Physics
 
Harvard University
 
Cambridge, MA
 
==Note==
 
 
{{note|Exxon}} Exxon Secrets profile of the [http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=16 Atlantic Legal Foundation]
 
{{note|Exxon}} Exxon Secrets profile of the [http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=16 Atlantic Legal Foundation]
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ALF trumpets their "deep commitment to redressing the bias against business which manifests itself in favor of narrow 'consumer' or 'environmental' concerns" (ALF Annual Report, 1994). ALF also promotes "sound science" in the courtroom (ALF, "Our Philosophy," 2004).

The Foundatio has received funding from ASARCO, ARCO Chemical Co, Chevron, DuPont, Pfizer, and Texaco. Other funding sources include prominent conservative philanthropic foundations, including the Sarah Scaife, Claude Lambe, John Olin, Castle Rock (Coors) and the Philip McKenna Foundations.[1]

Helping corporations to ignore health and safety legislation

ALF does not appear to initiate lawsuits, but files numerous amicus briefs on issues including charter schools, affirmative action, and the use of scientific testimony in court. It is the latter issue that seems to occupy the most of ALF's recent efforts.
ALF has a science advisory board with 18 members, including 6 Nobel Laureates, most famous among them James Watson, the co-discoverer of DNA. Through its briefs, ALF succeeded in establishing (e.g. they have been cited in Supreme Court rulings) that a high standard should apply to the use of scientific experts. In three different Supreme Court cases (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Joiner v. General Electric, and Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael) ALF convinced the high court that the judiciary should use high standards in determining which scientific evidence is admissible, succeeding in having plaintiff's scientific experts deemed unsuitable, and aided in the determination that trial judges should serve as "gatekeepers" for all experts, not merely scientific ones to ensure only relevant and reliable testimony.
The consequence of such rulings is that plaintiffs litigating against pharmaceutical companies, medical providers, or other corporate concerns will have a more difficult time establishing the scientific basis of their claims. Corporations which finance scientific experts, and the scientists who in many cases are implicated in these cases, would be unopposed in their "expert" claims in the courtroom. Having established this precedent on the federal level, Atlantic Legal Foundation is looking to further expand it at the state levels, where the majority of tort claims are pursued. The logical conclusion of such precedents would be a vast reduction in the size and frequency of judgments against corporations, thus making it profitable for them to disregard health and safety laws.[2]

People

Board of Directors

Atlantic Legal Officers

Advisory Council

Notea

^ Exxon Secrets profile of the Atlantic Legal Foundation