PA Chamber of Business and Industry
Non-Profit Associations |
Business & Commerce
417 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
Recent News About PA Chamber of Business and Industry
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HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a broad-based liability shield for the COVID-19 pandemic for commercial businesses and health care entities statewide, in a bill that would protect them from lawsuit claims related to coronavirus exposure.
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HARRISBURG – With a growing number of lawsuits being filed against businesses statewide as the coronavirus pandemic continues, voices in the capital grow louder for Gov. Tom Wolf and the General Assembly to institute more broad-based liability protections for companies.
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HARRISBURG – Leaders of multiple entities representing legal reform, business and health care interests statewide are pushing for the provision of safe harbor professional liability protections from the state to individuals and businesses responding to the coronavirus pandemic, in order for the state economy to quicken its recovery once the state re-opens.
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HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro wants to supplement regulations which are part of a state consumer protection law, but law scholars and business groups are concerned that he is trying to create a state anti-trust statute in doing so.
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PHILADELPHIA – Though any action on a Supreme Court of Pennsylvania committee proposal to change venue guidelines governing medical malpractice litigation statewide has been delayed until a legislative group completes a study on the matter, several prominent organizations submitted comments on the proposal before its tabling.
