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Policymakers should explicitly allow private individuals to protect their rights in court. All legislation intended to protect individual rights should include a private right of action. 

Policymakers should ensure that judicial proceedings are fair. They should not enact statutory damage limitations.

Policymakers should not restrict the ability to bring a class action.

Federal laws related to private enforcement of legal rights should provide a baseline for protecting individual rights.

Carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems that would increase energy-related and other prices must include measures to compensate for regional differences in energy costs and to adequately protect cons

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure that consumers and employees have the right to seek redress through the courts for injury or losses.

Options for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) should be available. These include mediation and arbitration.

Policymakers should expand access to free or reduced-cost legal services for older adults with low and moderate incomes.

Legal services programs should be fully funded.

The federal government should provide state and local agencies greater assistance for fraud prevention and deterrence.