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December 09, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Risk-Based Approach to Protect Communities

The Framework encourages EPA programs to consider the totality of exposures to chemical and nonchemical stressors affecting human health and the environment, together with vulnerabilities and susceptibilities that may increase the likelihood that exposures will result in illness or other injuries. By engaging with communities and considering the cumulative effects of an action on the exposed population, the EPA can best protect citizens from environmental injuries.
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December 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Three Reasons CLOs Are Critical to the Successful Adoption of Generative AI

CLOs have emerged as critical stakeholders who help drive GenAI decisions. Their ability to counsel the business to move GenAI projects forward and comply with laws and regulations are complementary skills to other executive-level leaders when it comes to executing on important decisions about the procurement, development, and implementation of GenAI-powered solutions.
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December 09, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bondi and Big Tech: What Trump's Choice for US AG Could Mean for Antitrust Enforcement

The last time the Republicans had such control was from 2017 to 2019. Among conservatives, however, there has been a divergence on the role of the antitrust laws. Some prefer a softened approach to antitrust enforcement while others, colloquially referred to as “Khanservatives,” agree with the more aggressive antitrust enforcement characteristic of the whole-of-government approach deployed by the Biden administration and Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan.
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December 09, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Dec. 9, 2024—Lamb McErlane, Dechert

Lamb McErlane partner Julie M. Potts recently served as the Keynote Speaker at the 2024 Lancaster Bar Association’s Family Law Summit.
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December 09, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Rise of AI and Other Changes Abound in the Law: A 2024 Year-End Review

As 2024 goes into the books, here is a look back at the notable trends and decisions in Pennsylvania civil litigation over the past year.
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December 09, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Groen Strokoff O'Neill, LLC adds accomplished Trial Lawyer, William "Bill" Coppol.

Groen Strokoff O'Neill continues to grow with the addition of experienced trial lawyer, Bill Coppol.
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December 06, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Paxson Moving to One Liberty Place

After spending 17 years at 1500 Market St., the firm is following in the footsteps of Fox Rothschild and Goodwin Procter, who moved into new spaces in Philadelphia earlier this year.
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December 06, 2024 | Law.com

'Serious Misconduct' From Monsanto Lawyer Prompts Mistrial in Chicago Roundup Case

A spokesperson for Monsanto said in a statement that the company believes the “cross-examination regarding risks factors for [the plaintiffs'] injury was appropriate given the evidentiary record in this case.” The spokesperson called the plaintiffs’ decision to seek a mistrial “unusual and telling.”
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December 06, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Vague' Product Testing Allegations Sink Benzene Class Action

The ruling follows a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision last month reviving a benzene class action against Bayer, after the circuit court found the plaintiffs plausibly alleged that the products in question were worth less than they would have been if they were not contaminated.
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December 06, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Waiving a Liability Insurer’s Right to Subrogation—Is It Appropriate?

An increasingly common source of delay and confusion seems to be whether a contracting party will, or even can, waive its liability insurer’s subrogation rights against the other party, especially when the latter is required to be listed as an additional insured on the first party’s liability insurance policy. At best, confusion in this area can gum up the works during negotiations and slow things down. At worst, it can lead to very unpleasant surprises down the road.
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