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Philip Morris also hired APCO to manage a massive national effort aimed at altering the American judicial system to be more hostile towards product liability suits ("Tort Reform"). [[Tort reform]] was an internal corporate program of Philip Morris, who led other companies into the plan. According to a 1995 Philip Morris Tort Reform Budget, the industry paid APCO Associates almost $1 million in 1995 to implement behind-the-scenes tort reform efforts. APCO's job was to create chapters of "grassroots" citizens' groups called [[Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse]] (CALAs).(2047648299/8307) The budget shows the tobacco industry alone budgeted $21.8 million to fund the tort reform effort in the single year of 1995.<ref>Covington & Burling [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/khu28d00Tort Reform Project Budget], Budget, October 3, 1995, Bates No. 2047648299/8307</ref>