Archives: Civil Justice / Model Policies
Archives: Civil Justice / Model Policies (page 4)
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Resolution Opposing Anti-Indemnity and Anti-Additional Insured Legislation
WHEREAS, a number of state legislatures have passed laws prohibiting standard indemnity and additional insured contract provisions that have been in use for decades WHEREAS, the freedom of contract is…
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Public Participation Protection Act
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROTECTION ACT Section 1. {Title.} This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Public Participation Protection Act. Section 2. {Time for Filing Special…
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Model Act On Private Enforcement Of Consumer Protection Statutes
Model Policy Section 1. Private Right of Action. (a) A person who reasonably relies upon an act or practice declared unlawful by [SECTION] in entering into a transaction and thereby…
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Private Enforcement of Consumer Protection Statutes Act
Model Policy Section 1. Private Right of Action. (a) A person who reasonably relies upon an act or practice declared unlawful by [SECTION] in entering into…
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Punitive Damages Standards Act
Section 1. {Title} This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Punitive Damages Standards Act. Section 2. {Definitions} For the purposes of this Act, the meaning of…
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Noneconomic Damage Awards Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Title} This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Noneconomic Damage Awards Act. Section 2. {Definitions} The following words, as used in…
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Honesty in Lawyering Act
Model Policy Title __ of the [ ] Code is amended by adding Chapter ___ to read as follows: Chapter __. Attorney Misconduct Section…
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Trespasser Responsibility Act
Section 1. {Title} This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Trespasser Responsibility Act”. Section 2. {Trespasser Responsibility Act} (A) General Rule- A possessor of land, including…
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Resolution Opposing Unfair and Unbalanced Insurance “Bad Faith” Legislation
PURPOSE: Urging state legislatures to adhere to traditional principles of contract law and oppose unfair and unbalanced legislation designed to create new or expansive private causes of action, dilute existing…
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Truth in Damages Act
Section 1. {Title} This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Truth in Damages Act. Section 2. {Definitions} The following words, as used in this Act, shall…