Bush Administration Pushing to Block Product Safety Lawsuits

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday about the push by the Bush administration to rewrite federal rules with changes and additions that could block product safety lawsuits by consumers and states.  The story is here.  This is yet another effort by the current administration’s hunting party on so called “tort reform.” 
The Bush administration’s efforts could affect everything [...]

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New Report Links US Chamber of Commerce to Current Financial Mess

A new report was released on September 30, 2008 by the American Association for Justice.  The report is here.  The report details payments by recently saved American International Group (AIG) to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce totaling $23 Million between 2001 and 2005. 
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spearheads “tort reform” campaigns throughout the United States.  [...]

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