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The Hill: Employer coalition launches ad in DC area pushing for liability shield

July 25, 2020

The coalition includes National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), which represents property casualty insurance companies like Merchants Insurance Group, Harford Mutual Insurance Company and the Mutual Benefit Group. “Illegitimate COVID lawsuits will threaten our recovery, delay the deployment of vaccines and therapeutics, and impose crushing burdens in businesses and workers,” the ad says. “The COVID liability shield will stop ...

Job Shield America Campaign Launches as Economy Begins to Reopen

July 15, 2020

For Immediate Release July 15, 2020 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – The Job Shield America Campaign, a new legal reform coalition of American employers, has launched its first television ad to support efforts in Congress to provide the healthcare industry, small businesses, and employers a safe harbor liability shield from frivolous COVID-19 related lawsuits. Such protections are essential as America’s businesses reopen ...

Washington Examiner: Protect responsible Main Street businesses from coronavirus liability

June 22, 2020

The following op-ed appeared on June 22, 2020 in the  Washington Examiner   When America’s states and cities instituted stay-at-home orders to stop the spread of the coronavirus, certain industries were asked to stay open to meet the essential needs of the public. The Department of Homeland Security, for example, wrote that businesses recognized as part of the nation’s critical ...

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    Washington Examiner: Protect responsible...