Future of Catholic Church: Abuse repercussions

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Church authorities of Los Angeles agreed to pay $60 million in 2006 to 45 people who claimed that they were abused by priests, however about 2,000 lawsuits are still pending nationwide. As per statistics, there are ten such agreements in the major, multi-plaintiff lawsuits, with payout of $134 million for 983 plaintiffs by archdioceses, totaling to a cost of more than $1.4 billion to the church.

Company legal issue, Cases, Remedies, Priests, Church, Sexual abuse, Authority (Religion), Church authority

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Consumer safety: product safety legislation

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A Congress legislation expected to give more enforcement power and funding to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for ensuring product safety is discussed.

Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Consumer Protection Laws, Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer protection, Product safety, Legislation

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