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Is
Your State Attracting Jobs and Workers?
By Tom Donohue
Americans are so focused on
competition among nations in the worldwide economy, they often
forget that each of the 50 United States is competing with each
other for jobs, workers, and resources.
One thing that's
certain to drive away business, jobs, and economic development
from a state is a poor legal climate. This week the U.S.
Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform released its annual State
Liability Systems Ranking Study conducted by The Harris
Poll. This study is the benchmark against which businesses,
elected officials, the media, and other opinion leaders measure
their state's legal climate.
What do this year's results
tell us?
Join
the conversation.
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Capital
Roundup
Here are a few of the
exclusive stories appearing on our Web site this week. Visit uschambermagazine.com
for the very latest news, updates, and special
features. USTR
Calls on Business to Support Korea FTAU.S.
Trade Representative Susan Schwab urged Chamber members to
educate their employees, their communities, and their
representatives in Congress on the importance of passing a free
trade agreement with South Korea before the end of the year.
Schwab spoke during a meeting of the Chamber-led U.S.-Korea FTA
Business Coalition at the Chamber’s Washington, D.C.,
headquarters on April 28. Experts
Debate Climate Change Policy
ImpactsRepresentatives from environmental and
business groups wrangled over the potential economic impact of
controversial climate change legislation currently being
considered by Congress during a panel discussion at the U.S.
Chamber's Washington, D.C., headquarters on April 25.
Is
Your State's Legal System a Friend or Foe of
Business?On April 23, the Chamber's Institute
for Legal Reform (ILR) released its seventh annual ranking of
state court liability systems to highlight the country's best
and worst legal environments in which to do business. For the
seventh year in a row, Delaware held the top spot, while West
Virginia ranked in last place for the third year in a row.
Chamber
Defeats Bill to Increase Pay Discrimination
LawsuitsIn a significant legislative victory,
the U.S. Chamber helped block efforts to expand federal
discrimination laws. By a vote of 56-42, the Senate rejected the
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have overturned a Supreme
Court decision restricting compensation discrimination claims
that are filed many years after the alleged act.
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Quips
"Changing the law isn't enough--states also need to
make sure their courts correctly and reasonably apply the law."
--ILR President Lisa Rickard quoted in The State
Journal on the country's best and worst legal environments,
April 25
Research & Analysis
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