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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Proposed legislation dealing with the Medicare Secondary Payer provisons of the Medicare statute (not introduced)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 4110, Restitution for Victims of Crime Act of 2007

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4110 (110th)

Government Issues GOV

S. 1638/H.R. 3753, Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act S. 2353, Fair Judicial Compensation Act S. 2041/H.R. 4854, False Claims Act Correction Act S. 2450, the untitled bill designed to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine General background and information on the doctrine of Federal preemption H.R. 1, P.L. 110-53, preemption-related homeland security and railroad provisions of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 3753 (110th), S. 2041 (110th), S. 2450 (110th), S. 1638 (110th), S. 2353 (110th), H.R. 4854 (110th), H.R. 1 (110th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 3013/S. 186/S. 3217, Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act S. 1267/H.R. 2102, Free Flow of Information Act S. 221, Fair Contracts for Growers Act General background on legal reform issues S. 1135, the Fair Arbitration Act H.R. 2419, the arbitration-related provisions contained in section 11102 of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act H.R. 2135, the arbitration-related provisions of the Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act H.R. 3915, the arbitration-related provisions contained in section 206 of the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act S. 1782/H.R. 3010, Arbitration Fairness Act Mass tort litigation/medical screening reform and investigations General background on discovery reform General background on the preservation of the attorney-client privilege P.L. 109-2, Class Action Fairness Act S. 2449/H.R. 5884, Sunshine in Litigation Act S. 2636, the arbitration-related provisions of the Foreclosure Prevention Act S. 2554/H.R. 5129, the arbitration-related provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 2008 H.R. 5312, Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act H.R. 1519, the arbitration-related provisions of the American Homebuyers Protection Act H.R. 1443, the arbitration related-provisions of the Consumer Fairness Act H.R. 2061, the arbitration-related provisions of the Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Redution Act H.R. 3393, the arbitration-related provisions of the Reservist Access to Justice Act S. 2838/H.R. 6126, Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act H.R. 5913, Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); White House Office; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: S. 2838 (110th), S. 2554 (110th), S. 186 (110th), S. 2636 (110th), S. 1267 (110th), H.R. 5129 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 1519 (110th), H.R. 3915 (110th), H.R. 3010 (110th), S. 3217 (110th), H.R. 5884 (110th), H.R. 5913 (110th), H.R. 3393 (110th), H.R. 2135 (110th), S. 1782 (110th), H.R. 2061 (110th), H.R. 1443 (110th), H.R. 2102 (110th), H.R. 3013 (110th), S. 1135 (110th), S. 221 (110th), H.R. 6126 (110th), H.R. 5312 (110th), S. 2449 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

S. 3033/H.R. 3931/H.R. 5463, Securities Litigation Attorney Accountability and Transparency Act General background on securities litigation and P.L. 104-67, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act General background on U.S. capital markets competitiveness and regulation

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3931 (110th), S. 3033 (110th), H.R. 5463 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

Implementation of H.R. 3580 (P.L. 110-085), the drug labeling and preemption provisions of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act General Background on Drug Labeling Rules and Preemption H.R. 6381, Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3580 (110th), H.R. 6381 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 6049, tax deduction for contingency fee lawyers provision in the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 S. 814, untitled legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6049 (110th), S. 814 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 3773, the lawsuit immunity-related provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 S. 2248, the lawsuit immunity-related provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2007

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 3773 (110th), S. 2248 (110th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

H.R. 2989, an amendment to the Death on the High Seas Act dealing with retroactive expansion of liability under the Death on the High Seas Act

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Bills named: H.R. 2989 (110th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 2635, lawsuit-related provisions of the Carbon-Neutral Government Act

Contacted: SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 2635 (110th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act S. 2045/S. 2663, CPSC Reform Act S. 2831, Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act

Contacted: White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Bills named: S. 2045 (110th), H.R. 4040 (110th), S. 2663 (110th), S. 2831 (110th)