Sides set to fight on tort reform

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Tort reform battles continue with parties taking sides as signs mount that Pres Bill Clinton might sign a limited but substantive tort reform measure. The White House seems willing to consider tort legislation with four major elements, immunity from products liability suits for companies supplying biomaterials or for retailers simply in the chain of distribution, a damages cap on punitive damages levied against small businesses, and an 18-year statute of repose for durable goods used in the workplace.

Tort reform, Public opinion

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An agency explains why it switched sides; after winning a reverse-bias award, the U.S. Justice Department argues against it

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The US Justice Department changed sides in the reverse discrimination case of US v. Piscataway Township Board of Education after winning a reverse discrimination award in that case. The case was originally brought by a white business teacher who claimed her layoff while a black business teacher with equal qualifications was kept on constituted reverse discrimination. Justice's change in positions can probably be ascribed to the confirmation of Deval Patrick as asst attorney general for civil rights.

Cases, Teachers, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Reverse discrimination, Employee dismissals, Employment terminations, Employment at will

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Justice seeking stiffer price-fixing sanctions; the $10 million maximum fine would increase tenfold

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The crime of price fixing is increasingly global and leading the Department of Justice's Antitrust Div to request an increase in the maximum fine allowed by law from $10 mil to $100 mil. The fine under current law is $10 mil unless exceeded by either twice the price fixer's pecuniary earnings or twice the loss to consumers. Even the current law is producing its fair share of guilty pleas, and companies in the manufacturing, real estate, pharmaceutical and advertising industries are examples.

Legal Counsel and Prosecution, Antitrust Division, Laws, regulations and rules, Remedies, Archer Daniels Midland Co., ADM, Price fixing, Fines (Penalties)

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