Leader's Edge Magazine

May 2013 Issue Now Online

Fully Exposed
Medical and scientific breakthroughs promise healthier lives while threatening privacy and ethical issues.

M&A Annual Report: The Year That Defied Gravity
Federal Policy Fuels Brokerage M&A Engine, but Strangles Small Group Benefit Firms. 

Countersignature Litigation

Following its first legal victory on the unconstitutionality of countersignature laws in Florida in 2003, The Council successfully challenged every remaining countersignature statute on the books in the United States. In the aftermath of the Florida decision, West Virginia voluntarily rescinded its law. Since 2004, The Council mounted - and won - countersignature challenges  in Nevada, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and South Dakota. District Court judges in each of these jurisdictions agreed with Council lawsuits, deeming the countersignature laws unconstitutional.

Member Resources

•  News Release: The Council's Countersignature Victory Now Complete (July 9, 2008)
•  News Release: The Council Files Federal Lawsuit to Strike Down Countersignature Statute in Puerto Rico (June 15, 2004)
•  News Release: The Council Urges West Virginia Governor To Sign Legislation Repealing Countersignature Statute (March 18, 2004)
•  News Release: The Council Files Federal Lawsuits to Strike Down Remaning Countersignature Statutes (February 10, 2004)