Home | Business News | Browse by Publication | T | Trial

A victory for accountability.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-APR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A victory for accountability.(asbestos litigation)(President's page)

Article Excerpt
It was Valentine's Day, and dozens of lobbyists looked like someone had stolen their roses and put pits in their chocolate-covered cherries. They work for companies like Halliburton, Honeywell, and General Motors, which make up the Asbestos Study Group (ASG), and they were crestfallen because the U.S. Senate had just dealt a massive setback to their pet project: a bill that would have created an underfunded trust fund that could easily have been the worst of all worlds. The scheme would have deprived victims of fair compensation and required a massive public subsidy of private liability.

The bill went back to committee on a budget point of order, but not before the ASG and its allies had pulled out...

Access Full Article, Compliments of Goliath

View this article FREE - Now for a Limited Time, try Goliath Business News
Free for 3 Days!



More articles from Trial
Picture-perfect settlement videos: with thoughtful questioning and car..., April 01, 2006
Make your case with a digital brief: an electronic brief can provide a..., April 01, 2006
What mediators really want to hear; three veteran mediators tell what ..., April 01, 2006
Tap into the power of a PowerPoint storyboard: want to produce evidenc..., April 01, 2006
Lawsuits aim to curb warrantless domestic surveillance., April 01, 2006

Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.

Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication name or publication date.

About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company analysis or best practices in managing your organization, Goliath can help you meet your business needs.

Our extensive business information databases empower business professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible, authoritative information they need to support their business goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting, company research or defining management best practices - Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.