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Greenberg Traurig Recovers Environmental Lawyer From Bilzin Sumberg Amid Regulation and Land Use Frenzy

John Chibbaro's specialty is in high demand as developers look to repurpose land in Florida while environmental regulators step up their oversight.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Appeals Court Rejects Efforts to Reinstate Malpractice Suit Against Saul Ewing Stemming From $50 Million Settlement

Arguments focused on when the companies should have been aware that they had a potential malpractice claim, with the parties arguing that a 2004 email advising them to enter into a Department of Justice consent decree was deceptive and "would have caused 'reasonable minds' to relax their vigilance."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Abbe Fletman Clears the Weeds for Philadelphia Paraquat Mass Tort

The order puts to rest a contentious case-management fight and allows the litigation to move forward.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

99 Licenses—and New Problems—for NY Cannabis Lawyers

"I think it's unlikely in my lifetime that I could be involved with another industry where you have conflicting state and federal laws, and you need to navigate your clients through those obstacles," one attorney said.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware DOJ Asks for Chance to Prove Case Against Monsanto

The DOJ's appeal seeks a new chance to litigate claims against the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) manufacturer now part of Bayer, which were dismissed in Superior Court last summer for failure to state a claim.
3 minute read

Law.com

Eighth Circuit Upholds $175K Compensatory Damages: 'Neither Inadequate' nor 'An Inappropriate Compromise'

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected a South Dakota farmer's request for a new trial after his efforts in helping to persuade…
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Unusual Move: Court Grants Emergency Stop to Insurance Case Hinged on Pre-Suit Issue

"The trial court below upended that settled decisional law by refusing to abate the litigation until (plaintiff) submits to an (examination under oath)," said the insurance carriers as relators.
5 minute read

International Edition

Human Rights Suit Against Chiquita Brands Gets Trial Date

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra of the Southern District of Florida ordered the banana company to stand trial in January 2024 for allegedly financing paramilitary death squads in Colombia.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Perdue Farms Scoops up Longtime Logistics Company CLO as Compliance Chief

Catherine Muldoon spent nearly two decades at BDP International before her most recent stint as general counsel for Baldor Specialty Foods.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward Judge Awards $9.9M in Attorney Fees and Costs After $33M Salmon Settlement

"If I go to the grocery store, and I'm buying salmon, my assumption is that the prices that I'm paying are the result of a competitive marketplace," said Roger Mandel, a shareholder at Jeeves Mandel Law Group, who is not involved in the litigation.
4 minute read

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