2008-11-25T19:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/blog/40968 tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-25:/commentary/3480942 2008-11-25T19:00:00Z PointOfLaw Forum H.R. 989. • (Innocent Sellers Fairness Act); to limit civil actions against product sellers. • H.R. 2183/ S. 1323 (Commonsense Consumption Act); to limit civil actions against food marketers, manufacturers, distributors and advertisers. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2008/11/trial-lawyer-lo.php">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-19:/commentary/3332829 2008-10-19T20:00:00Z IowaPolitics.com: Press Release H.R. 989 - Innocent Sellers Fairness Act This legislation establishes that sellers should only be held responsible in proportion to their wrongdoing and frees sellers from liability when they have done nothing wrong. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=139369">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-28:/commentary/2963470 2008-09-28T20:00:00Z Umbrella Insurance In February 2007, a bill known as HR 989, or the innocent Sellers Fairness Act (ISFA), was seen as an attempt to protect companies against such claims. The bill was to “to prevent excessive disruption of interstate commerce by limiting ...<br /><br /><a href="http://umbrellainsurance.ieee-icc007.org/2008/09/29/importance-of-umbrella-insurance/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/commentary/2377204 2008-06-19T20:00:00Z The Human Resources Blog A special panel today will recommend large pay raises - some up to 70 percent - for the state’s top politicians and judges, but the board’s report was immediately rejected by high-ranking leaders as unacceptable in the current economic ...<br /><br /><a href="http://fundublog.com/hr/989/judicial-political-pay-hikes-suggested/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-17:/commentary/3332830 2008-03-17T20:00:00Z America's Best Magazine In February of 2007, a bill known as H.R. 989, or the Innocent Sellers Fairness Act (ISFA), was introduced as an attempt to protect businesses against just such lawsuits. The bill was intended "to prevent undue disruption of interstate ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.americasbestcompanies.com/magazine/articles/umbrella-insurance.aspx">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-30:/commentary/3168183 2008-01-30T19:00:00Z New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library letter titled, "support common sense legal reform: cosponsor hr 989, the innocent sellers fairness act". 01/30/2008, dear colleague letter from reps. eliot l. engel, dan burton, and sue myrick (pdf 129 kb) ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloglines.com/blog/PLL?id=7797">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-28:/commentary/369296 2007-02-28T19:00:00Z buildingonline eupdate The general public overwhelming supports lawsuit reform such as HR 989. According to the Institute for Legal Reform Election Night Survey (2006), 85 percent of voters feel frivolous lawsuits are a serious problem, and 74 percent believe ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=5855&amp;subcategory=8">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-13:/commentary/3466371 2007-02-13T19:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Subject Group: Immigration US Congress: HR 989, The Innocent Sellers Fairness Act.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200503046.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-10:/commentary/259401 2007-02-10T19:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... HR 989 would prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a product in the stream of commerce is as a lawful seller of the product....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_989.html">Go to article</a>