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Litigation

Nov. 11, 2003

Proposed Asbestos Bill Is Unfair to Prudent Concerns

By E. Joshua Rosenkranz When Sen. Orrin Hatch's Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Bill emerged from the Judiciary Committee in July, most of the business community issued a sigh of relief. But, as the bill, commonly known by the aspirational acronym FAIR, wends its way to the full Senate, some companies can't help but ask, "What's so fair about that?"

By E. Joshua Rosenkranz
        When Sen. Orrin Hatch's Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Bill emerged from the Judiciary Committee in July, most of the business community issued a sigh of relief. But, as the bill, commonly known by the aspirational acronym FAIR, wends its way to the full Senate, some companies can't help but ask, "What's so fair about that?"
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