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Delaware Law Weekly

State Supreme Court Finds Delaware Can Sue Monsanto for PCB Effects, Despite Third Party Involvement

Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. said the manufacturer cannot escape potential liability because PCB contamination manifested after the "forever chemicals" were sold.
4 minute read

Law.com

3M's $12.5B Settlement Tops Drinking Water Payouts, but More Lawsuits Remain

3M's $12.5 billion deal to resolve lawsuits brought by hundreds of water providers is one of the largest settlements to date involving contaminated drinking water, but it's a fraction of its legal liability involving 'forever chemicals.'
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Shook Launches Civil Rights, Racial Justice Pro Bono Practice

Shook, Hardy & Bacon hired a former civil rights division prosecutor in Houston to lead a pro bono practice focused on civil rights and racial justice litigation.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

McGuireWoods, With New Office Leadership, Eyes More Lateral Growth

"Even in this recessionary environment, there continues to be a lot of opportunity to grow through lateral hiring, and we're pursuing that," said Tracy Walker, managing partner of McGuireWoods.
3 minute read

Law.com

3M to Pay $12.5B to Settle Lawsuits Over 'Forever Chemicals' in Water Supplies

"This historic settlement is the largest amount ever paid by a single company to resolve claims involving contaminated drinking water and provides compensation critical to protecting our nation's drinking water supplies and upgrading our water treatment infrastructure to deal with this new threat," said Paul Napoli, a partner at Napoli Shkolnik and co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Cambridge Analytica Plaintiffs Lawyers Want $181M in Attorney Fees: 'Facebook Fought Tooth and Nail'

Co-lead class counsel Derek Loeser and Lesley Weaver defended their fee request: 'This was a hard-fought litigation over five years that yielded the largest privacy class action recovery to date and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a class action.'
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Meet the Judge and Lawyers in Hunter Biden's Federal Criminal Case in Delaware

Biden's defense counsel Christopher Clark is no stranger to high profile litigation: he's defended both Elon Musk and Mark Cuban in SEC actions. His client is set to plead guilty in July.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'The Most Liberal Judge' Has Died

The decision to release boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was met with intense and long-lasting opposition from many, said Bruce Rosen, an attorney at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden who was hired as a law clerk for the judge to help on the Carter case.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Kavanaugh 'Neglects' Tribal History in Navajo Water Case, Gorsuch Says in High Court Dissent

Justice Neil Gorsuch said Justice Brett Kavanaugh's majority opinion gave short shrift to the historically unfair treatment of the Navajo by the U.S. government.
5 minute read

The Recorder

California Supreme Court Adopts Lawyer 'Snitch Rule'

Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, said he will shelve related legislation but plans to introduce new language requiring mandatory reporting of lawyers who commit "treason, sedition or insurrection" against the state of California or the United States.
3 minute read

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