CCL President Robert S. Peck presided at a March 20-21 meeting of the Board of Overseers of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, where studies were discussed involving such diverse civil justice issues as judicial recusals involving stock ownership, asbestos litigation, victim compensation funds, insurance requirements for autonomous vehicles, and workers compensation. The Santa Monica, California meeting marked the beginning of Peck’s two-year term as chair of the Board.  The Institute for Civil Justice, established in 1979, analyzes trends and outcomes, as well as identifies and evaluates policy options, with an eye to making the civil justice system more efficient and more equitable through objective, empirically based research.