In the wake of the multitude of recent product recalls, several pieces of legislation have been proposed to better regulate recalls. Earlier this year, the Senate and House passed legislation to beef up the Consumer Product Safety Commission, toughen penalties for violating safety laws, ban lead in children's products, and...
Governments often react rather than anticipate changes in society. In the past two decades rapid advancements in technology have driven governments to respond with legislation that validates or promotes new behavior with regard to internal and external communication between governmental agencies, private enterprises and constituents. This paper will examine the...
Reactions throughout the health-system pharmacy community have been overwhelmingly favorable regarding the new federal legislation that would protect medical error information from being used against healthcare practitioners who report adverse events and medication errors. This paper talks about the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 signed into law...
Following the current disruption of operations in several courts in Gulf Coast states due to Hurricane Katrina, the Judicial Conference of the United States asked Congress in June 2005 to pass emergency legislation to allow courts to shift court proceedings temporarily into adjacent judicial districts when emergency circumstances require it...
The purpose of this document is to evaluate the impact of the U.S. Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 also known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It provides an overview of the legislation, specifically related to IT security and gives an outline of the solutions that address...
Regulations are usually imposed by government or by industry group in response to someone tipping the balance. The correct amount of legislation re-creates the needed balance while over legislation can tip it in the other direction. The federal government has also recognized the need to address "consumer mischief." The U.S....
This important legislation is sorely needed to help close loopholes in federal laws that permit counterfeiters to go unpunished. When enacted, the legislation will strengthen federal laws used to prosecute counterfeiters in several important ways. Among other things, it provides for the mandatory destruction of equipment and machinery used in...
Don't look now, but checks are checking out: The long-heralded "checkless society" is now within America's grasp. And while no one expects checks to disappear overnight, the long-term implications for banks are substantial. Legislation signed into law late last year and scheduled for implementation on October 28, 2004 - commonly...
This article provides an insight into the effects of Check 21 legislation and provides information on how to be prepared for it. When this legislation, goes into effect, and every bank in the country must be prepared to receive and process image replacement documents IRD as if they were regular...
This report is a legal analysis of state and federal outsourcing legislation, done in association with the National Foundation for American Policy. The report highlights that proposed state and federal legislation to restrict outsourcing may violate the U.S. Constitution and jeopardize U.S. obligations under international trade agreements. The proposed legislation...
This article informs that the American Apparel & Footwear Association AAFA, urged Congress to approve a pending bill that would repeal an illegal export subsidy and enact a package of tax law changes that benefit U.S. manufacturers. The legislation is needed to put the United States into compliance with international...
To assess the impact of disability nondiscrimination legislation on employer practices in the United States and the United Kingdom. Study Design: U.S. and U.K. human resource professionals were surveyed about their experience with implementation of the legislation. Both U.S. and U.K. employers are responding to their respective legislation by making...
This report focuses on significant insurance legislation affecting the life and health insurance business. It summarizes, and contains brief descriptions of selected important features of the new laws. In this report, reference may be made to the effective date of the legislation. The issue of privacy and the need for...
Passage of the Chicken Meat Industry CMI Bill in the South Australian Parliament on 16 July, 2003, establishes a new standard of legislation in Australian primary industries to address the issue of market power concentration at the processor/grower functional level, and the consequent imbalance in bargaining power between processors and...
With the passage of 1999 PA 123, the Legislature dramatically reshaped the future of the forfeiture, foreclosure, and sale of properties for delinquent taxes under the General Property Tax Act, GPTA. The title industry is still grappling with the effects of 1999 PA 123, and questions abound whether the new...
Every province of Canada has employment standards legislation. The employment standards legislation of each province of Canada governs the employment relationships of all employees working for provincially regulated companies in that province. The legislation establishes the minimum requirements for wages, overtime, vacation pay, hours of work, pregnancy leave, and termination...
On November 26, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. The legislation creates a federal terrorism reinsurance program to serve as a federal backstop for terrorism insurers in the case of future terrorist attacks. In this article there is a summary of the key...
From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act establishes federal whistleblower protection for employees of covered companies. The legislation creates a web of complementary provisions designed to protect and encourage whistleblowers and to prevent retaliation against them. The statute requires public companies to adopt a code of business ethics and to...
High-profile business failures culminating in a media fixation on Enron called into question the effectiveness of the profession's self-regulatory process as well as the effectiveness of the audit to uphold the public trust in the capital markets. Legislation to address shortcomings in financial reporting was progressing in Congress and the...
On August 21, Acts 67 and 68 of 2000 took effect arising out of the action of the Pennsylvania House and Senate and signature by Governor Ridge on June 22, 2000. These two Acts have been referred to as the "Growing Smarter" or "Land Use Reform" legislation. The Acts have...
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