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Fla. Gov. Signs Hurricane Insurance Bills |
June 02, 2005 Gov. Jeb Bush, who said he recently looked at his homeowners policy and didn't understand it, signed a bill Wednesday that requires insurers to explain their coverage in plain English.
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Laws are better when easy to read |
March 12, 2005 Thomas Jefferson fought legalese. He drafted the Declaration of Independence with all the passion and strength his words would permit. He particularly disliked legalese in statutes. : &lqt; ... from their verbosity, their endless tautologies, their involutions of case within case, and parenthesis within parenthesis, and their multiplied efforts at certainty, by saids and aforesaids, by ors and ands, to make them more plain, are really rendered more perplexed and incomprehensible, not only to common readers but to lawyers themselves.&lqt; After reading that you are also probably thinking, &lqt;Huh?&lqt;
Full Story: www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050312/COLUMNISTS0201/503120304/1089/businesS
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FCC extends truth-in-billing rules to wireless phones |
March 10, 2005 The Federal Communications Commission has expanded the federal consumer protection rules that apply to consumers¿ wireless phone bills. It has also asked for comment on additional measures to facilitate the ability of telephone consumers to make informed choices among competitive telecommunications service offerings. Full Story: hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257319A1.pdf |
SC issues guide to use plain English in prospectuses |
February 24, 2005 Kuala Lumpur: The Securities Commission (SC) Wednesday released a guide to encourage the use of plain English in prospectuses in efforts to ensure that information in offer documents were easily understood by investors for them to make informed investment decisions.
Full Story: www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=32801
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