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Author Revives Plan to Impose Retroactive Liability on Product Makers
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed proposal to create an unprecedented basis for product liability has been revived by the author after the first attempt...
Senate Committee OKs First Step Toward Reliable Regional Energy Grid
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that will promote energy efficiency and grid reliability won approval from a Senate policy committee this week.
AB 813...
Coalition Fights Expansion of Employment Litigation
The California Chamber of Commerce and a large coalition of employer groups and local chambers of commerce are opposing a job killer bill that...
Hospital Contract Bill Amended to Remove Opposition
As a result of recent amendments, the California Chamber of Commerce has removed SB 538 (Monning; D-Carmel), dealing with hospital contracts, from the job...
California Court of Appeal Upholds Lead Safe Harbor Under Proposition 65
The legal fight over the validity of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) “safe harbor” for lead may finally be over for...
Caveats on Deducting from Exempt Employee’s Salary for Sick Time
An exempt employee has missed two days of work this week because she was sick, but she has used all her sick leave. Can...
CalChamber Policy Advocates Beat the Odds
You had a better chance of hitting 00 on the roulette wheel than killing a bill in the first house of the Legislature this...
Governor Signs Bill Clarifying Cleaning Product Right to Know Act
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. this week signed a California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that clarifies the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act approved...
CalChamber-Opposed Bill Will Increase Energy Costs
Legislation that will lead to increased energy costs has passed the Senate, is under consideration in the Assembly and is opposed by the California...
Lead Paint Liability Expansion Passes First Committee in Senate
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that significantly expands public nuisance liability in California passed a Senate policy committee this week.
The CalChamber opposes AB...
