Category Archives: Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Seeks Jury Trial
That’s a funny (read: monumentally hypocritical) thing to do for a group that spends millions of dollars a year attacking jury trials. The Chamber announced Monday that it had filed suit against the gonzo Yes Men gang. It tries to cast the suit as a garden-variety action to protect the organization’s intellectual property — specifically, [...]
More Dirt On The Chamber of Commerce
I of course am interested in the fact that the Chamber pays it’s President $3 million bucks a year, but thinks that someone who is paralyzed by a defective product doesn’t deserve more than $250,000. Apple Computer’s announcement Monday that it was quitting the US Chamber of Commerce was just the latest high profile defection [...]
Big Names Are Leaving the Chamber of Commerce
It’s not a surprise that a progressive company like Apple would leave the Chamber because of it’s pro-polluter attitude towards global warming. But when major energy companies think you’re not concerned enough about global warming? In the last week of September, three major energy companies left the organization: PG&E ( PCG – news – people [...]
Chamber of Hypocrites, er, Commerce, Threatens Lawsuit
Ahhh, more proof that the corporate whores who work at the Chamber of Commerce don’t actually buy into the “lawsuits are evil” rhetoric: The nation's largest business group is asking U.S. EPA to hold a public debate on climate change science — or face litigation — as the agency prepares to regulate greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Finally, something palatable at the Institute for Legal Reform’s website
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