Taking Government Contingency-Fee Lawsuits to the Supreme Court
As reported below, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is the latest attorney general to hire private-sector attorneys to sue a company on a contingency basis. Unfortunately, it’s not only state...
View ArticleAd Hoc Lawsuits No Way to Address Climate Issues
As noted below, the National Association of Manufactures and other business groups filed an an amicus briefing urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a challenge by electric utilities’ to the Second...
View ArticleKey Case Could Put Courts in Charge of Environmental Policy
The only thing worse than the Executive Branch replacing Congress in the setting of federal economic, environmental and energy policy would be the federal courts assuming that role. A case before the...
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Manufacturers, Business Community Question Discretionary Action by...
Today, Aric Newhouse, senior vice president for policy and government relations at the NAM, joined several industry leaders to discuss with the media the negative impacts of the Environmental...
View ArticleThe NAM’s Involvement in Rhode Island Decision
From our Legal Beagle search engine: On January 30, the NAM and other business groups filed an amicus brief urging the Rhode Island Supreme Court to reverse the verdict because the trial court...
View ArticleChemical Security Mark-Up Hearing This A.M.
We’ve recently highlighted a new bill being pushed through the House, H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act, that promises to make U.S. production and storage of chemicals more expensive...
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House Homeland Security Still Working on Chemical Security Bill
The House Homeland Security Committee continues its markup at 5:30 p.m. of H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act, a seemingly well-intentioned piece of legislation that will make U.S....
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