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Don’t miss Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review as he discusses the constitutionality of federal healthcare mandates.
Mr. Shapiro has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged “anyone, anytime, anywhere” to a public debate on the constitutionality of Obamacare. To view his challenge, CLICK HERE.
Mr. Shapiro has contributed to the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, L.A. Times, Washington Times, Legal Times, Weekly Standard, Roll Call, and National Review Online. He also regularly provides commentary on CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS and NBC.
Don’t miss Ilya Shapiro from the CATO Institute at the 2010 Utah Taxes Now Conference.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
8:00 am to 2:30 pm
Little America Hotel
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE
The cost to attend is $100 for Utah Taxpayers Association members and $125 for non-members. Space is limited to 300 attendees so sign up quickly. To view clips from the 2009 Taxes Now Conference, CLICK HERE.
NAM has worked industriously on the federal financial regulation bill (prevented in a cloture vote Monday from moving forward in the Senate). While NAM’s activities on derivatives language have received the most attention, other provisions are also troublesome. For example, S. 3217, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act, contains language that would allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to ban arbitration clauses in contracts – long a priority of the litigation lobby. (SEC. 921. Authority to Issue Rules Related to Mandatory Predispute Arbitration.) The bill also empowers the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to limit pre-dispute arbitration proceedings. (SEC. 1028. Authority to Restrict Mandatory Pre-Dispute Arbitration.) The NAM and other trade associations joined in a letter to the Senate on April 22, writing as the Coalition to Preserve Arbitration. Excerpt:
Despite arbitration’s proven benefits, opponents continue to fall back on long-discredited claims that arbitration is unfair or even biased against consumers. What they fail to mention is empirical studies show the opposite; and furthermore existing law protects consumers against potential abuses. For example, the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. § 2) authorizes courts to police arbitration agreements to ensure that they are fair to consumers and courts do not hesitate to strike down unfair provisions…Arbitration serves an essential role for investors and consumers of financial products. By including these anti-arbitration provisions in S. 3217, the bill will harm the interests of the consumers and small investors that it is meant to protect.
April 27, 2010 – Employers Council
Is your company complying with all the NEW Utah Employment laws? Over the past 2 years, the Utah Legislature has been very active in passing new laws that employers must comply with! Get up to date by attending the Council's seminar entitled Key Utah Rules: What Employers Need to Know. Council legal staff will lead attendees through a lively presentation covering these new laws, as well as existing - yet often overlooked - Utah employment laws (including E-verify requirements, Drug & alcohol testing, Weapons at work, Payment of wages, Anti-discrimination, and so much more).
For your convenience, this seminar will be offered on two dates in two locations:
Salt Lake City - Thursday, May 6 -- Red Lion Hotel -- 161 W 600 S, Salt Lake City
Ogden - Wednesday, May 12 -- Comfort Suites -- 2250 S 1200 W, Ogden
Time -- Seminar: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (registration & breakfast buffet: 7:15 to 8:00 a.m.)
Cost -- $115 per Council member; $195 per non-member (includes full breakfast buffet and materials)
To register, call the Council or simply reply to this email. For more information, you may also call the Council, reply to this e-mail, or refer to the registration form at http://ecutah.org/utahrules.pdf.
April 27, 2010 – Today in Manufacturing.net
Recognizing that big money is in owning the brand, not just making it for foreign companies, Chinese firms are speeding up foreign investment to increase global presence... continue
April 27, 2010 – FLAG Weekly Communication
Briefs are due May 7th in the U.S. Fifth Circuit’s en banc rehearing of Comer v. Murphy Oil, litigation by 14 Mississippians against energy companies and manufacturers for contributing to global warming, which supposedly made Hurricane Katrina more powerful and therefore caused property damage. News coverage should pick up this week on the case. Already the online publication Slate has published an article arguing for judicial activism in global warming litigation, at least until Congress legislates or the EPA extends its regulatory authority. We found this paragraph of note, that is, appalling. From “Attractive Nuisance”:
Judge Peter Hall, the author of the 2nd Circuit's opinion [Connecticut v. EPA], conceded the same point in a recent speech at Georgetown Law School. The courts would happily get out of the business of hearing nuisance suits about climate change, he said, if the EPA does its job in restricting these emissions -- or better yet, if Congress passes a comprehensive climate bill. In the meantime, however, Judge Hall added that judges have the responsibility to take seriously nuisance lawsuits brought by property owners facing strengthening hurricanes and rising sea levels. These lawsuits, he said, probably provide a backstop and "some small impetus" to stonewalling lawmakers. It's a trade-off: Polluters can either get out of the way of Congress or face the, well, nuisance of lawsuits for decades to come.
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IMPROVES IN APRIL
April 27, 2010 – Late Wire from Manufacturing.net
Americans' confidence in the economy rose in April to its highest level since September 2008, but is still far from what's considered healthy ... continue
ISM: MANUFACTURING WILL CONTINUE GROWTH IN 2010
April 27, 2010 – Late Wire for Manufacturing.net
Manufacturing sector is expected to grow 6.3 percent this year as investment increases slightly, according to a survey from the Institute for Supply Management ... continue
OBAMA TOUTS CLEAN ENERGY INDUSTRY AS JOB CREATOR
April 27, 2010 – Late Wire for Manufacturing.net
After touring an Iowa plant that makes wind turbines, President Obama said the U.S. must lead the world in clean energy production and cited the industry as a job creator ... continue
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