FAIR Act of 2004

S.1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health Act of 2003)" S.274/H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health Act of 2003" S.274/H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 1751 - "Clas Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S.274/H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S.274/H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1125 - :Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S. 274 / H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 1751 - "Class action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S. 11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S. 274 / H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S. 11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S. 274 / H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S. 11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S. 274 / H.R. 1115 - "Class Action fairness Act of 2003" S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S.274 / H.R.1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" or "Fair Act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" J/R/5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S.274 / H.R.1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751 - "Class Action fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness of Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness on Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Faormess om Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" or "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S. 2290 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" OR "Fair Act of 2004"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1751 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003" S.2290 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004" OR "Fair Act of 2004" S.1125 - "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003" OR "FAIR Act of 2003" S.11 - "Patients First Act of 2003" H.R.5 - "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (Health) Act of 2003" S274 / H.R. 1115 - "Class Action Fairness Act of 2003"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Asbestos Legislation (1125) (S2290)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $230,000

Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), SENATE

S. 2290, FAIR Act of 2004.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: SENATE

S.1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003 S.2290, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution H.R.115/S.274/S.1751/S.2062, Class Action Fairness Act of 2003 H.R.339, Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2003 S.1428, Commonsense Consumption Act of 2003 H.R.1036/S.659, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms

Client expense: $1,618,861 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Class Action Fairness Act - HR 1115, S274 Asbestos Reform Senate Bill S1125, S 2290.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 1737, Asbestos Victims' Compensation Act of 2003, lobbied for passage of entire bill. S. 1751, Class Action Fairness Act of 2003, lobbied for passage of entire bill. S. 2290, FAIR Act of 2004, lobbied for passage of entire bill. S. 413, Asbestos Claims Criteria and Compensation Act of 2003, lobbied for passage of entire bill.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000

Government targets: Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

Asbestos Litigation Reform (S.1115, S.413, S.2290) Auto Choice-No Fault Liability Class Action Reform (S.274, H.R.1115) Federal Tort Reform Motor Vehicle Theft Treasury Appropriations Bill

Client expense: $3,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

S. 2290, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004 H.R. 3601, Steel Industry Retiree Benefits Protection Act of 2003

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: SENATE

S. 1125 and S. 2290, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act. Specifically, compensation for mesothelioma victims.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: SENATE

Radiation Exposure Compensation - S. 1515 Health Care Safety Net Amendments - S. 1281 Association Health Plans - H.R. 660, S 545 Asbestos Compensation Reform - S2290

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2004: S.2764, H.R.4772, H.R.4634 The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004: S.1125, S.2290 Optional Federal Charter/Regulatory Modernization: S.1373 Class Action: H.R. 1115, S.2062, S.274, S.1751

Client expense: $1,180,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Reform of class action litigation rules; S. 2062, "Class Action Fairness Act of 2004." Asbestos litigation reform; S. 2290, "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004."

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Product liability bills S 1125 The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution and S 2290 Multiparty litigation reform HR 2341 Class Action HR 1115 Class Action Fairness Act S 2062 Class Action Fairness Act

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

S.274 & H.R.1115, The Class Action Fairness Act. S.1125 FAIR Act of 2003. S.2290 The FAIR Act (2004).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Asbestos Litigation Reform (S.1115, S.413, S.2290) Auto Choice-No Fault Liability Class Action Reform (S.274, H.R.1115) Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003 (S.1125) Federal Tort Reform Motor Vehicle Theft Treasury Appropriations Bill

Client expense: $5,100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Asbestos litigation reform; S. 2290, "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004;" allocation of trust fund responsibilities. Reform of class action litigation rules; S. 2062, "Class Action Fairness Act of 2004." Limitation on medical malpractice damages; S. 2207, "Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act of 2004," and S. 2061, Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act of 2003."

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of

Litigation reform legislation including S. 1125 and S. 2290.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: SENATE

IBEW supported an amendment that would authorize funds necessary under the Community Service Block Grants (CSBG) program for six additional months of unemployment benefits for people who have exhausted their state jobless benefits and who are no longer eligible for temporary federal unemployment benefits, which expired in December. Bill Reference H.R. 3030 [Ltr. 1/29/04] The IBEW urged support of the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1925/H.R. 3619). Card check recognition should be the law of the land giving workers a mechanism in this proposed law to institute first contract arbitration and levy fines against employers who violate the law by stalling negotiations. The IBEW urged rejection of the new personnel rules proposed by the Department of Defense (DoD). In the interest of national security, Congress sought to grant DoD some additional flexibility in managing its work force. Instead, DoD has usurped Congressional authority and proposed that DoD be allowed to: 1. Replace good-faith bargaining with unions over personnel changes to mere “consultation;” 2. Allow DoD to unilaterally determine which changes are sufficiently significant to merit “consultation;” 3. Allow DoD to unilaterally implement personnel changes where it cannot reach agreement with the unions, thereby permitting all post-implementation negotiations to cease; 4. Create an unleveled playing field at the new Defense Labor Relations Board (DLRB) because its members would be selected solely by the Secretary of Defense; and 5. Discriminate against DoD employees because, as a result, up to 200,000 DoD employees could lose their right to join unions. Bill Ref. H.R. 1588, FY 2004 Defense Authorization enacted in 2003 [Ltr. 3/29/04] The IBEW strongly opposes the final regulations written by the Department of Labor to change federal overtime pay rules. The overtime laws guarantee extra work will be rewarded with extra pay. These job protections were won after decades of struggle to make jobs safe and protect workers from abuse. These changes would erode the 40-hour workweek. IBEW opposed S. 2290, the "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004." S. 2290 creates a new asbestos trust fund that contains inadequate award values for victims and does not resolve fund solvency issues; pre-empts asbestos-related compensation for railroad workers covered by Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA); fails to address the separate treatment of pending claims and settlements; includes language that subrogates the victim's ability to collect other forms of compensation, such as worker's compensation; and lacks a sufficient medical screening provision for high risk workers. Additionally, court costs and lawyers' fees are a good portion of current asbestos awards, leaving unfair compensation settlements for victims. The IBEW supports elimination of prison work programs that unfairly compete with law-abiding citizens. Prison labor allows private companies to bid for work previously under the exclusive jurisdiction of Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Bill Ref. S. 346, a bill to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a government wide policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements.

Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Class Action Fairness Act - HR 1115, S 274 Asbestos Reform Senate bill S 1125, S 2290.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

National Flood Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2003: S. 2238, H.R. 253, P.L. 108-264 Terrorism Risk Insurance: The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004: S. 1125, S. 2290 Optional Federal Charter/Regulatory Modernization: S.1373 Class Action: H.R. 1115, S. 1751, S.2062, S.274

Client expense: $1,280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Asbestos litigation reform; S. 2290, "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004;" allocation of trust fund responsibilities. Reform of class action litigation rules; S. 2062, "Class Action Fairness Act of 2004." Limitation on medical malpractice damages; S. 2207, "Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act of 2004," and S. 2061, Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act of 2003."

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of