WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Senate Small Business Committee Chair Mary Landrieu and Senators Barbara Boxer and Jeff Merkley joined Todd McCracken of the National Small Business Association and Paul G.
Reid, Landrieu, Warner Join SBA Administrator and Small Business Advocate to Highlight Democrats' Small Business Agenda
WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Small Business Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, and Senator Mark Warner joined Small Business Administrator Karen Mills and Terry Gardiner of the Small Business Majority at a press conference this morning to highlight efforts by Senate Democrats to strengthen and support America's small businesses.
Lawsuits Cost Small Businesses $105 Billion, Study Shows
U.S. Chamber Study: Cost of Lawsuits another Burden for America's Job Creators
WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study released today by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) shows that small businesses shoulder a tremendous burden of the nation's tort liability costs, having paid $105.4 billion in 2008.
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Noting that small businesses have created 64% of all net new jobs in the United States over the past 15 years, ILR President Lisa Rickard said, "As America struggles out of this current economic downturn, this study shows that our lawsuit system continues to be a drag on job-c...
