Senate to Study Class Action Reform Legislation.(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, May, 2000

Sen. Hatch says Judiciary Committee will consider a bill in June despite opposition from lawyers. SENATE JUDICIARY Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) says his panel will consider class action reform legislation in June, with a vote on the controversial issue likely before the July recess.

Sen. Hatch adds that committee staff "can spend the interim few weeks trying to see if there is a way to reach an agreement on a version" of the bill co-sponsored by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Herbert Kohl (D-Wis.). Passing legislation to improve the handling of massive interstate class action lawsuits is the chemical industry's top priority this year, with regard to legal reform, according to Don Evans, senior counsel at the Chemical...

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