House panel approves financial protection agency
WASHINGTON – The House Financial Services Committee has approved legislation that would create a new agency to promulgate rules and impose penalties for unfair and deceptive trade practices, fraud and...
View ArticleChamber pushes medical malpractice reform
WASHINGTON – As lawmakers prepare to vote on a plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system, the legal reform advocacy arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called for stronger medical malpractice...
View ArticleChamber: Lawsuits worst for businesses in south and Calif.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has listed Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia as having the worst lawsuit climates in the country, making it tough for businesses to...
View ArticleTrial lawyer letter: Med-mal reform debate rages on
A letter to AAJ's membership about the health care law was quickly assailed by tort reform groups, demonstrating that the debate over medical malpractice reform will live long after lawmakers'...
View ArticleBar, doctors clash over tax deduction for lawyers
Efforts by the American Association for Justice to reverse a 15-year-old tax policy prohibiting lawyers in contingency-fee cases from deducting litigation costs as business expenses in the year in...
View ArticleTwo states seek to make E-Verify mandatory for all employers
Bills in the Illinois and Texas legislatures seek to make the controversial E-Verify system mandatory for all employers. The federal E-Verify system is an electronic database for verifying a worker’s...
View ArticleSEC announces final whistleblower rules
WASHINGTON – Individuals who provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with credible whistleblower information will receive substantially boosted bounty awards under new rules issued by the...
View ArticleWho reigned Supreme?
Each June when the U.S. Supreme Court wraps up its term, the same question is asked in legal circles: who won more – businesses or plaintiffs? But this year, no one could agree.
View ArticleChamber of Commerce sues to block new NLRB posting rule
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by the National Labor Relations Board requiring employers to post notices in the workplace explaining employees’...
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