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If that is not enough, take it from the American Tort Reform Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce who labeled Missouri's Supreme Court a "{judicial hellhole->http://www.atra.org/reports/hellholes/}" and gave it a "dishonorable mention" for its recent radical decisions. As the U.S. Chamber put it, "{An unfair legal system sucks the life out of a state's economy. It affects business expansion, it affects jobs and it takes money out of consumers' pockets.->http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/states/harrispoll.cfm?state=MO}"

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Raw Match Pattern:
\"{(.*?)->(.*?)}\"

Raw Replace Pattern:
<a href="$2">$1</a>

VB.NET Code Example:
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Module Module1
  Sub Main()
    Dim sourcestring as String = "replace with your source string"
    Dim replacementstring as String = "<a href=""$2"">$1</a>"
    Dim matchpattern as String = "\""{(.*?)->(.*?)}\"""
    Console.Writeline(regex.Replace(sourcestring,matchpattern,replacementstring))
  End Sub
End Module

$sourcestring after replacement:
If that is not enough, take it from the American Tort Reform Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce who labeled Missouri's Supreme Court a <a href="http://www.atra.org/reports/hellholes/">judicial hellhole</a> and gave it a "dishonorable mention" for its recent radical decisions. As the U.S. Chamber put it, <a href="http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/states/harrispoll.cfm?state=MO">An unfair legal system sucks the life out of a state's economy. It affects business expansion, it affects jobs and it takes money out of consumers' pockets.</a>