Sentences with phrase «for liability reform»

The years of effort by NAR and others pushing for liability reform are as close as they've ever been to paying off.

The good news is that the years of effort by NAR and others pushing for liability reform are as close as they've ever been to paying off.

Not exact matches

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The budget repeals the ACA and replaces it with the RSC's American Health Care Reform Act, which provides a standard deduction for health insurance, allows the purchase of health insurance across state lines, and reforms the medical liability system among other changes.

Rather, it is the expansion of trade negotiations from agreements that once focused primarily on tariff reductions to far broader regulatory documents that now mandate domestic legal reforms and establish dispute resolution systems that can be result in huge liability for national governments.

Certain statements in this release constitute forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

In addition to addressing the current system and its shortcomings, as described in the Liability Reform Common Ground Statement (shown below), some of our main aspirations for the future include:

Other proposals include: measures to support families; a change in employment law; reform to public pensions; break - up of the banks; and a proposal to remove the UK from any liability for future EU bailouts.

They also cite the high - cost of doing business in the state for small businesses in particular and the need to reform medical liability and the Scaffold Law.

For one, he lines up behind campaign finance reforms and is pledging not to take money from limited liability corporations.

While Latimer, 62, said he would entertain supporting the maintenance to the state's infrastructure through bond issuance, Killian pointed to the elimination of New York state's Scaffold Law — which establishes contractors» «absolute liability» for elevation - related injuries and contributes to costly insurance rates in addition to lawsuits — as a major point for reform.

For example, Silver has opposed «scaffold law reform,» which would reduce worker liability costs for developeFor example, Silver has opposed «scaffold law reform,» which would reduce worker liability costs for developefor developers.

On campaign finance reform, Cuomo again this year said he wanted to close the LLC loophole, which allows limited liability companies to donate to campaigns under the same provisions to which individuals, providing virtually unlimited opportunities for entities to donate cash.

National, state and local reforms are necessary to create a successful and sustainable system now and for future government employees, ultimately reducing government liability.

Tom Stebbins, executive director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York, which advocates for tort reform, said Silver held up efforts to rein in New York's medical liability payouts, which are by far the highest in the nation — even higher than CalifReform Alliance of New York, which advocates for tort reform, said Silver held up efforts to rein in New York's medical liability payouts, which are by far the highest in the nation — even higher than Califreform, said Silver held up efforts to rein in New York's medical liability payouts, which are by far the highest in the nation — even higher than California.

The governor announced that he would seek an array of good government reforms from the State Legislature, a number of them familiar: preventing donors from circumventing contribution caps through the creation of shell limited liability corporations; enhancing personal financial disclosures; creating a public financing system; and instating constitutional amendments to establish term limits for Albany lawmakers (though not Cuomo and the current class of legislators), extend the legislative session from six months to year - round and ban outside income.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

Costs of liability insurance could be reduced further if reforms aimed at driving down health care costs are successful, for example.

Education reform for Democrats is more of a liability than a differentiator for 2016.

Democrats for Education Reform Illinois (DFER - IL) Calls for Comprehensive Education Funding and Pension Reform in Statement from the State Director Illinois pension liabilities are consuming vital state dollars and crowding out money for education...

In an underwhelming bid for reform, in 2010 the legislature reduced benefits for new hires, but that didn't address the underfunding of the system thanks to liabilities for current workers.

Recent reforms have further whittled away at pensions by cutting benefits and imposing greater restrictions for new hires in an attempt to pay down liabilities accrued over years of inadequate funding and poor returns in the stock market.

Rather than any personal dealings, the emails apparently focus in on medical liability tort reform, because that was one of his top priorities for 2003.

The third change is a cost - saving reform that shortens the payment period for new debt or «unfunded liability» from 30 to 20 years.

The reform waives personal income tax liability for dividends that have already been subject to the corporate income tax.

The scaled - back bill, which is far weaker than the climate and energy bill passed by the House last year, includes offshore drilling reforms, among them the removal of the $ 75 million liability cap for oil companies when it comes to oil spills.

First up, Insurance Journal reports on «A Recipe for Balanced Tort Reform,» a new book in which two law professors propose an «early offers» program for quickly settling medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits.

The bill is part of the agenda of ALEC's very active Civil Justice Task Force, co-chaired by Victor Schwartz, General Counsel for the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), a corporate group seeking to limit the liability of its corporate members.

These reforms are a giant leap forward for civil sexual assault claims: there is no longer any ambiguity or room for perpetrators to escape liability based on the technicality of an arbitrary time limit.

Wisconsin moved up seven spots, from No. 22 to No. 15, in the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform's latest lawsuit climate study: 2012 State Liability Systems Survey, Lawsuit Climate: Ranking the States.

The reforms to MSP reporting requirements under the MMSEA demonstrate that the federal government is now committed to more aggressively pursuing reimbursement for payments made on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries in liability cases.

Fears over fraudulent Employers» Liability claims persist and reforms are strongly supported by SMEs — 79 percent of SME owners would like to see tougher medical examinations imposed for workplace related accident or injury claims in order to crack down on fraudulent activity.

In the United States, the new feature - length documentary Hot Coffee explores a nation - wide conservative campaign to institute tort reforms that restrict the liability of corporations and medical professionals, but likewise limit access to justice for ordinary Americans.

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The High Court has thrown out a challenge to the new fixed costs structure for personal injury claims, after the Government pushed through reforms which are set to have a significant impact on the earnings of law firms handling employers» liability, public liability and motor claims.

Puri, with Osgoode J.D. research assistants, has compiled the first ever independent academic study of statutory secondary market civil liability class actions in Canada and provides recommendations for reform.

As well as reducing fixed costs, the reforms include expanding the RTA portal scheme to claims for up to # 25,000, and extending it to employers» liability and public liability claims.

Barclays submitted that a clearance application was not required under the FSMA (Banking Reform)(Pensions) Regulations 2015 as the plans were not «likely to be materially detrimental» to the ability of the pension scheme to meet its liabilities, but the ring - fenced body would apply for clearance in the event that it ceased to be a participating employer earlier than agreed.

Bevan said the case could spark the «most wide ranging reform to motor insurer liability for 80 years».

He's a lobbyist for the American Tort Reform Association, the DC trade association funded by large corporations that seeks to limit liability for its members, which we've covered many times, like here.

The 2017 Lawsuit Climate Survey: Ranking the States was conducted for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform by Harris Poll to explore how fair and reasonable the states» liability systems are perceived to be by U.S. businesses.

The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) and the US Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform released a joint report today entitled, «Trial lawyer Underground: Covertly Lobbying the Executive Branch», a report documenting a nearly seven - year expansion of civil liability at the expense of investment, innovation and economic competitiveness.

These include articles on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and a series of articles on liability for soft information and projections.

Senator Shane Massey has introduced two comprehensive tort reform bills that will aid in achieving a level playing field for businesses: the Court Transparency Act (S. 773) and the Liability Reform Act (S.reform bills that will aid in achieving a level playing field for businesses: the Court Transparency Act (S. 773) and the Liability Reform Act (S.Reform Act (S. 788).

September 12, 2017 The 2017 Lawsuit Climate Survey: Ranking the States was conducted for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform by Harris Poll to explore how fair and reasonable the states» liability systems are perceived to be by U.S. businesses.

There are a number of statutory exceptions to the principle of identification, and the government is currently examining the case for reform of the law on corporate liability for economic crime.

As Bloomberg News reports, the Tax Reform Act will be very good for rental property owners and landlords if they do business via pass - through entities — real estate investment trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, and S corporations — all of which are set to get big tax breaks in the Act.

In the first comprehensive appellate decision interpreting Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1042.3 - 1042.6, Pennsylvania's tort reform measure intended to increase the threshold of merit for professional liability actions, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the ruling of the trial court and remanded for the entry of judgment as a matter of law in favor of John's client, a physician, based upon the plaintiff's failure to file a certificate of merit in support of his medical malpractice claim.

Many of these bills are written by and approved by ALEC's «Civil Justice Task Force,» which is co-chaired by Victor Schwartz, General Counsel for the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), a corporate group seeking to limit the liability of its corporate members.

About a week ago, The Legal Intelligencer made an heroic effort to unpack insurance data to see the effect of the changes in medical malpractice liability law from a decade ago, but ran into a serious problem: those very same medical insurance companies that cry the loudest about the need for tort reform also refuse to make public the data that would tell us the most about the malpractice system.