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Insurance Reform Needed to Lower Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates, California Consumer Watchdog Testifies in New York – YAHOO!
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The author of California’s insurance regulatory reform law testified in New York City today that insurance rate regulation is key to preventing medical malpractice insurance companies from price gouging …
Education Q&A: Law and accounting – Gulf News
They can specialise in public law, civil litigation, corporate or commercial, criminal, entertainment, environment, family, intellectual property and tax law, among others. New options keep opening up such as space law, sports law and so on. A few other …
House repeals law withholding contractors’ taxes – Oregonian
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until they … Continue reading
House to repeal law withholding contractors’ taxes – Oregonian
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both parties in the House are ready to vote to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of their payments to contractors. The 5-year-old law was designed to force scofflaws who … Continue reading
State panel told challenges to health-care law hinge on Supreme Court’s schedule – Tulsa World
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma lawmakers heard very different predictions about the chances that the legal challenges to the federal health-care law will be resolved before the 2012 presidential election and whether further state “nullification …
GOP seeking waiver of environmental laws at border – Oregonian
WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of lawmakers are working to give Border Patrol agents unfettered access to all federal lands within 100 miles of the border with Mexico and Canada to fight illegal immigration. Federal agents must follow environmental … Continue reading
Law protects military medals from auction – Oregonian
But the law now requires the state treasurer’s office to hold any abandoned military medals until the veteran or family members are located.
Lawmakers say environmental laws should be waived for Border Patrol operations – Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Federal agents trying to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border say they’re hampered by laws that keep them from driving vehicles on huge swaths of land because it falls under U.S. environmental protection, leaving it to wildlife — and illegal … Continue reading
Citing jobs, House ready to repeal law requiring governments to withhold contractors’ taxes – Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Both parties in the House are ready to vote to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of their payments to contractors. The 5-year-old law was designed to force scofflaws who perform … Continue reading
IMQ: Motorcycle Riders Foundation Announces Legislative Agenda
(LegalLaw247.com, October 27, 2011 ) Asheville, NC — After its annual Meeting of the Minds, the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) has announced the legislative agenda that it will pursue in the coming year. They will monitor the Transportation Equity Act … Continue reading
