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The Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding More Than A Trade Association The Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding ARC is more than a trade associationits a diverse coalition established to preserveconsumer legal funding as a choice for the many Americans who have suffered an unexpected economic loss due to an accident and have a pending legal claim. Legal funding can help families pay for immediate personal needs such as rent mortgages car repairs utilities and groceries while they wait for their claims to settle fairly. ARC promotes practices and regulations that lead to informed decisions between individuals and their attorneys so that families have more optionsnot fewer. ARC represents a coalition of providers consumers academics community activists policy makers financial education leaders and other supporters.