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- Limitation Of Liability Provisions In Service Provider Contracts
- The benefit-plans service providers are increasingly making use of the limitation of liability clauses. The limitation of liability provisions control the amount of damage a company undergoes with regard to the hefty fees charged by the consultants of the organizations. As a result, the consultants have begun to soften their...
- White papers 2002-12-01
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- Statement from U.S. Conference of Mayors: MTBE Liability Provisions Could Be Largest Unfunded Mandate in Recent Years
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Conference of Mayors Executive Director Tom Cochran criticized the liability provision of the Energy Bill Conference Report by saying that this provision "could be the largest unfunded mandate -- to the tune of $29 billion -- passed down from Congress to...
- Research articles 2003-11-17
- BIO's liability shield.(Biotechnology Industry Organization, Bill Frist )
- DRUG INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS CONSPIRED with the White House and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, last year to craft a sweeping liability provision that shields the industry from lawsuits over products used to treat pandemic illnesses, even in cases of gross negligence or gross recklessness, according...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Delay Threatens To Add Mtbe Liability Provision To Highway Bill
- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) threatened Feb. 10 to attach its House-passed energy bill to the House-passed highway reauthorization bill, even though the Senate failed to pass the energy bill because of opposition to a provision giving lawsuit protection to manufacturers of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether....
- Research articles 2004-02-17
- Bill on product liability okayed by Senate panel. (Senate Commerce Committee)
- Bill On Product Liability Okayed By Senate Panel WASHINGTON--The Senate Commerce Committee has approved a federal product liability bill minus a provision calling for the creation of a federal insurance data collection office. The legislation woulBill On Product Liability Okayed By Senate...
- Research articles 1991-11-04
- Crane Co. Reports Strong Operating Results before Provision to Extend Asbestos Liability Estimate from 2011 to 2017
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- Crane Co. (NYSE: CR), a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products, reports a third quarter 2007 net loss of $196.9 million, or $3.29 per share. These results included a $250.0 million after-tax provision, or $4.18 per share, to extend the time horizon of the Company's estimate...
- Research articles 2007-10-22
- ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASK SENATE TO OPPOSE MTBE LIMITED LIABILITY
- Twelve U.S. state attorneys general AG recently wrote to all 100 members of the U.S. Senate, asking them to oppose any provision in energy legislation granting limited liability protection to MTBE producers.Twelve U.S. state attorneys general AG recently wrote to all 100 members of the U.S. Senate, asking them to...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- SENATOR OFFERS COMPROMISE ON MTBE FOR ENERGY BILL PASSAGE
- -Details Are VagueSenate Appropriations CommitteeChairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) isn't ready to give up on passing an energy bill this year and is trying to broker a deal on one of the few obstacles to the bill's passage-MTBE.The latest version of the energy bill, which includes a provision banning MTBE and...
- Research articles 2004-07-19
- Drinking Water Utilities Celebrate Defeat of MTBE Liability Immunity Provision in Energy Bill
- DENVER, July 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement from American Water Works Association Executive Director Jack Hoffbuhr: This week, the U.S. House and Senate are poised to pass comprehensive energy legislation. House and Senate conferees announced that the final bill will not include a controversial provision that...
- Research articles 2005-07-28
- EFFORTS STEPPED UP TO OPPOSE MTBE LIABILITY SHIELD IN ENERGY BILL
- While many sources are confident inclusion of the renewable fuels standard RFS provision, requiring a percentage of the gasoline pool to contain renewables mainly ethanol, is "a done deal" in a final energy bill, efforts are being stepped up to oppose another provision of the RFS package whose future isn't...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Life insurance proceeds and the kiddie tax; minimizing the liability
- Life Insurance Proceeds and the Kiddie Tax Minimizing the Liability Recent tax law changes have significantly impacted the taxation of children's unearned income. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 added a provision to tax a portion of a child's unearned income at the parent's highest...
- Research articles 1990-09-01
- H&R Block Expects to Report Provision for Losses Related to Increase in Loan Repurchases
- KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) today announced that it expects to record a provision for losses of $102.1 million (after-tax amount of $61.3 million or 19 cents per share) reflecting an increase to the estimated recourse liability recorded by Option One Mortgage Corporation for loan repurchases...
- Research articles 2006-08-24
- House Retains MTBE Provision That Would Soak Water Consumers
- DENVER, April 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved an Energy Bill that includes a provision granting gasoline makers defective product liability immunity in cases where water has been contaminated by the additive MTBE. The MTBE "safe harbor" provision effectively shifts the burden of cleanup from...
- Research articles 2005-04-21
- STATE ATTORNEYS OPPOSE LIMITED LIABILITY FOR MTBE PRODUCERS
- Twelve state attorneys general AG recently wrote to all 100 members of the U.S. Senate, asking them to oppose any provision in energy legislation granting limited liability protection to MTBE producers."Granting MTBE manufacturers immunity from liability will impede efforts to dean up contamination caused by MTBE," the AGs from New...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- Coverage transfer OK for past losses: Court; Ohio liability ruling favors policyholder in pollution case.(Pilkington North America Inc. vs. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. )
- Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS COLUMBUS, Ohio-Insurers must indemnify the current owner of a glass manufacturer facing environmental liability claims even though the insurers sold their policies to the manufacturer's former owner, Ohio's Supreme Court ruled last week. Each commercial general liability insurance...
- Research articles 2006-12-25
- SLOVAKIA: CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR DEFAMATION TO STAY ON THE BOOKS.(Brief Article)
- The parliament rejected by a vote of 56 to 55, with one abstention, an amendment to the Penal Code that would have abolished a provision related to the defamation of the head of state, the parliament, the Constitutional Court, and the government, CTK The parliament rejected...
- Research articles 2001-11-18
- Wisconsin Governor Removes Budget Provision Protecting Utilities.
- By Deborah Kades, The Wisconsin State Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--Gov. Scott McCallum announced Wednesday that he will withdraw a provision in his proposed budget that infuriated state farmers by shielding utilities from liability in stray voltage lawsuits. "I...
- Research articles 2001-03-22
- AWWA Message to Congress: Keep MTBE Out of Energy Bill; AWWA Joins Coalition to Combat Costly MTBE 'safe harbor' Provision in Bill
- DENVER, Feb. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Water Works Association AWWA and a coalition of mayors, city council members, county officials, town and township leaders, drinking water professionals and public works managers today urged Congress to reject the MTBE "safe harbor" provision in the proposed House Energy Bill. A...
- Research articles 2005-02-07
- GOP Patient Rights Bill Prevails.
- The Senate Republican version of a Patients' Bill of Rights was headed for what appeared to be total victory last Thursday over the Senate Democrats' proposal that contained a strong federal role. Senate Republicans defeated the fiercely opposed liability provision of the Democratic...
- Research articles 1999-07-19
- Lawmakers aim for compromise concerning energy bill provision.
- By Maria Recio, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 17--WASHINGTON -- Stalled in the Senate for nearly a year, a comprehensive energy bill is getting a last-minute push by lawmakers who are trying to reach a compromise on its most...
- Research articles 2004-09-17
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