--- title: Columns - AAJ (American Assoc for Justice) description: Advocate Magazine articles on Columns - AAJ (American Assoc for Justice), from the Subject Matter Index. --- ## [AAJ stands up against demands for COVID-19 blanket immunity](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/aaj-stands-up-against-demands-for-covid-19-blanket-immunity "AAJ stands up against demands for COVID-19 blanket immunity") Taking the lead against corporate America’s attempt to take advantage of the COVID-19 Pandemic for their anti-worker, anti-consumer agenda [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june) ## [AAJ provides advocacy on ending qualified immunity](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/aaj-provides-advocacy-on-ending-qualified-immunity "AAJ provides advocacy on ending qualified immunity") A snapshot of qualified immunity and other urgent advocacy issues we’re working on [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2021 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april) ## [AAJ leads fight to remove tort reform section from COVID-19 relief package](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-january/aaj-leads-fight-to-remove-tort-reform-section-from-covid-19-relief-package "AAJ leads fight to remove tort reform section from COVID-19 relief package") Proposed language would have impacted any med-mal or public-nuisance action even tangentially related to COVID-19 [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2021 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-january) ## [AAJ fighting against COVID-19 immunity laws](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/aaj-fighting-against-covid-19-immunity-laws "AAJ fighting against COVID-19 immunity laws") Republicans seek broad immunity for corporations in the Safe to Work Act [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2020 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september) ## [AAJ convinces Health and Human Services to rescind bad rulemaking on vaccine-injury policy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-june/aaj-convinces-health-and-human-services-to-rescind-bad-rulemaking-on-vaccine-injury-policy "AAJ convinces Health and Human Services to rescind bad rulemaking on vaccine-injury policy") Fends off Trump-era attack on Vaccine Injury Compensation Program [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2021 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-june) ## [2020 Election](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-december/2020-election "2020 Election") Results revealed a mixed verdict [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2020 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-december) ## [AAJ stands against police misconduct](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-july/aaj-stands-against-police-misconduct "AAJ stands against police misconduct") National organization actively working with the Congressional Black Caucus to produce legislation to end the militarization of state and local police departments [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2020 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-july) ## [AAJ lobbyists successfully fought tax on litigation funding](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-august/aaj-lobbyists-successfully-fought-tax-on-litigation-funding "AAJ lobbyists successfully fought tax on litigation funding") Republications also sought 10-year protection for AI industry in state legislatures [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2025 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-august) ## [AAJ is working to protect your practice](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-november/aaj-is-working-to-protect-your-practice "AAJ is working to protect your practice") Personal jurisdiction before the U.S. Supreme Court, and non-lawyer ownership and fee sharing in two states [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2020 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-november) ## [AAJ defeats extreme tort reform proposal in Senate](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/aaj-defeats-extreme-tort-reform-proposal-in-senate "AAJ defeats extreme tort reform proposal in Senate") COVID-19 tort reform would have been a disaster for individual civil rights [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2020 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october) ## [A look at Biden’s judicial nominations](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-november/a-look-at-biden-s-judicial-nominations "A look at Biden’s judicial nominations") Also: COVID business-interruption claims take a hit at Ninth Circuit [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") From Issue: [2021 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-november)