Claiming apologies: a revival of amende honorable?

Appointment of Honorable

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, and pursuant to clause 5(a)(4)(A) of rule X, the Chair announces that the Speaker named the following Members of the House to be available to serve on investigation subcommittees of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for the 107th Congress: Mr. GEKAS of Pennsylvania; Mr. CHABOT of Ohio; Mr. LATOURETTE of Ohio; Mr. SHADEGG of Arizona; Mr. W...

Surrogate gestator: a new and honorable profession.

Apologies and Settlement Jennifer

Footnotes 1. See generally NICHOLAS TAVUCHIS, MEA CULPA: A SOCIOLOGY OF APOLOGY AND RECONCILIATION (1991). 2. It is worth noting that, empirically, it is not clear whether, under what circumstances, or to what degree an apology might alter the risk of an adverse liability determination. Whether apologies influence liability decision making in civil cases has not been examined in empirical studi...

The Honorable Richard

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) is charged with reviewing the NRC's safety research and development activities in the Nuclear Waste Safety Arena. The Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) handles work related to the disposal of spent fuel and high-level waste (HLW). NMSS contracts with the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) for HLW technical as...

The Honorable Barbara

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission is pleased to respond to your letter of April 7, 1989, inviting our comments on House Bill 165. 1 The bill would add sections 11.75 to the Business corporation Act regulating certain business combinations and amend Section 6.05 of the Act specifically authorizing "poison pills." We believe that these provisions are likely to deter takeovers that may inc...