Posts tagged pre-emption

• Midnight Regulations Lead to Back-Door Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | December 09, 2008 10:17 AM | 2 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Bush Administration is doing everything it can to protect the business community from being held responsible for injuring individuals: WASHINGTON—Railroad companies later this month...

• Supreme Court Rules in Cigarette Pre-emption Case

  Christopher Nace | December 16, 2008 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Supreme Court issued a surprise ruling on Monday in Altria Group v. Good, refusing to exempt the cigarette maker from a state lawsuit on the grounds of pre-emption. Justice John Paul Stevens,...