Word: torts
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...poor and short-sighted institutional choice," says Lars Noah '86, an associate professor at the University of Florida professor, who is an expert in tort law and food and drug law. "As a result, the information [the deans] get from their proctors...
...said plaintiffs in ADA suits win in court only 8 percent of the time, as compared to 60 percent of the time in general contract lawsuits and 40 percent in tort suits...
...While it's unusual to meet techies who can even name a presidential candidate, it's rarer still to find people actively campaigning for a Republican. But the Valley's new rich are realizing their political clout, and Bush has gone after their pocketbook issues, like tax cuts and tort reform. It's working: though he has spent only two days in the Valley, Bush has raised more than $2 million there...
...money can be quite intense," says Kangas. "And the more a business is impacted by federal regulation, the more it feels it doesn't have a choice." While some donors give to candidates who support specific causes--Democrats who want a higher minimum wage, say, or Republicans who favor tort reform--many behave like AT&T. The telecommunications giant has doled out $305,350 to the Democrats in the first six months of the year and an additional $527,050 to the Republicans, cozying up to both parties at a time when the company is battling over access to high...
...wrangle over the legislation was as much over policy as over politics. On the policy front, says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan, "Republicans tried to use the Y2K legislation to take a big whack at tort reform, but the White House succeeded in keeping the measure limited to Y2K issues." Vice President Al Gore, whose hands were all over the bill because of its possible implications for his presidential candidacy, also worked hard to include incentives that would encourage companies to fix Y2K problems. On the political front, "Republicans maneuvered the legislation so as to force Gore to choose...