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SCHEDULE O
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
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OMB No. 1545-0047
2018
Open to Public
Inspection
Inspection
Name of the organization
Lawyers for Civil Justice
Employer identification number
52-1516688
52-1516688
| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Form 990, Parts I & III, Organization Mission and Program Services: | Since 1987, Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ), a partnership of leading corporate counsel and defense bar practitioners, has fought to streamline rules in our civil justice system that waste businesses' time and resources. LCJ promotes the corporate and defense perspective on proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and works proactively to achieve specific rule reforms by galvanizing corporate and defense practitioners and legal scholars to offer consensus proposals to the rule makers. The formal comments, combined with the face-to-face testimony and interaction of LCJ members at various hearings and additional support provided by leading legal scholars and academics, provides compelling reasons for judges, Members of Congress and rule makers to give serious consideration to fundamental rule reform. Our current federal rulemaking agenda is focused on: 1) Ensuring the new requirement for "proportionality" in discovery and the new Rule 37(e) governing loss of ESI are implemented as intended; 3) Improving class action and multi-district litigation procedure; 4) Developing incentive based "requester pays" default rules; 5) Requiring disclosure of third-party investments in litigation ("TPLF"); and 6) Supporting appropriate salaries for federal judges and funding of the federal judiciary to preserve a high quality and independent federal judiciary. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | The organization has two levels of membership. First, the member corporations and defense organizations have designated representatives to the organization. They have full voting rights. A second category of members, which includes law firms and contributors to the organization, has no voting rights. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | The LCJ members meet annually in the second and fourth quarter of each year as mandated by the bylaws. The defense organizations each designate three representative organizations as Board members. The Executive Committee acts as a Nominating Committee for purposes of recommending the remaining representatives from the corporate sector with one Board member being selected from the Associate member category. The nominations are then considered by the full Board for ratification. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Executive Director reviews the 990 tax return upon receipt from the preparer. Once the 990 is approved internally, the 990 tax return is forwarded to the Finance Committee for an independent review. Any questions or concerns from the Finance Committee are directed to the Executive Director. Once the Finance Committee and the Executive Director are satisfied as to the completion of the 990 tax return, the Executive Director then signs the return. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | Annually all key employees and members of the Board of Directors are required to read and understand the conflict of interest policy, agree to comply with the policy, make disclosures as necessary and sign the organization's conflict of interest statement as a condition of their position with the organization. At this time any conflicts must be disclosed to the Executive Director or elected President of the organization. If a conflict is confirmed, the conflict will be communicated to all members of the Board of Directors and the individual with the conflict with be unable to vote on any matters related to the conflict of interest. All members of the staff and Board of Directors are directed to enforce the conflict of interest policy. If they suspect a conflict, it must be communicated to the organization's Executive Director or elected President, who will then take appropriate action in regards to a potential conflict. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The Executive Director is reviewed annually by the Executive Committee at their meeting regarding compensation. The level of compensation established for the Executive Director includes review of performance, the skills of the employee as independent information taking into account the geographic location, and information available for similarly situated employees in other similar capacities. Key employees are reviewed by the Executive Director annually regarding compensation; the Board of Directors includes a general percentage increase with the organization's annual budget, and is used to adjust employee salaries with the Executive Director's discretion. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: | The organization's Finance Committee is responsible for oversight of the audit, including selection of the independent accountant. The process has not changed from previous years. |
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 51056K
Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2018
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