Taxation & Estate Planning

"Senate Panel Approves Judgeships Bill"
"Senate Panel Approves Judgeships Bill": At his "Washington Briefs" blog, Lawrence Hurley of The Daily Journal of California has a post that begins, "This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 14-5 to approve a bill that would create dozens of new federal judgeships for the first time since 1990...

Senate Committee Approves Bill Establishing Employment Standards For Employees Who Work In Nursing and Other Long Term Care Settings
The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill last week that would establish a nationwide system of criminal background checks for employees working in nursing homes, home health agencies, and other long-term care settings...

Economic Stimulus Bill Makes Headway
The $825 billion stimulus bill — championed by the Obama administration — made its way Tuesday through the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, where the Committee approved a $365 billion portion of the bill...

Indiana Senate Approves Pharmacist Refusal Bill
The Indiana Senate has been busy, and that's not good for women. Indianapolis Star: Senate approves abortion-medicine bill: The Senate today passed a bill that would let a pharmacist refuse to dispense medicines they believed will lead to abortion or...

Senate Judiciary Committee approves 5 new federal judgeships in L.A.
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Thursday creating five new federal judgeships in Los Angeles, one which is temporary, and six new judgeships at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Senate Finance Considers the Cost of Health Care
Ezra Klein updates us on what is happening in the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the cost of health care. He writes, I'm on the Hill this morning for a Senate Finance Committee Hearing on "Rising Costs, Low Quality in...

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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Federal Transportation Equity Act of 2005
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

Phone Bill Reduction
Qwest agrees to $16 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit.

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.

Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch
allegedly causing fatal blood clots, heart attack, and stroke.

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit

Duragesic Pain Patch
alleging harm from defective pain patches.

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property