Chamber of Commerce sues to block new NLRB posting rule 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 22, 2011
Tags: Employment Law, labor law, National Labor Relations Act, NLRB, U.S. Chamber of Commerce., union
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’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
Who reigned Supreme?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: AAJ, business, plaintiffs, Suprmeme Court, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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.
SEC announces final whistleblower rules
Published: May 27, 2011
Tags: American Bar Association, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Chamber of Commerce., whistleblower
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 agency.
Two states seek to make E-Verify mandatory for all employers
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 24, 2011
Tags: E-verify, immigration, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Bills in the Illinois and Texas legislatures seek to make the controversial E-Verify system mandatory for all employers.
Bar, doctors clash over tax deduction for lawyers
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 14, 2010
Tags: American Association for Justice, American Medical Association, contingency fees, taxation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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 which they are incurred is drawing fire from members of the medical profession, among others.
Trial lawyer letter: Med-mal reform debate rages on
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 12, 2010
Tags: AAJ, ATRA, medical malpractice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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’ wrangling over the legislation’s language.
Chamber: Lawsuits worst for businesses in south and Calif.
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 24, 2010
Tags: Amercian Association for Justice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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 open or expand in those states.
Chamber pushes medical malpractice reform
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 29, 2009
Tags: American Association for Justice, medical malpractice, tort reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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 reform efforts at its annual summit.
House panel approves financial protection agency
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 25, 2009
Tags: Consumer Financial Protection Agency, data security, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, U.S. Chamber of Commerce., unfair and deceptive trade practices
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 data security breaches.
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