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The Recorder

Consumers Claim McCormick Spices Contain Heightened Levels of Carcinogens

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hangley Aronchick Sends Suit Against 3M, DuPont Over Alleged Drinking Water Contamination to Fed Court

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Criminal Charges Dropped Against Lawyer Accused of Jacoby & Meyers Referral, Insurance Scheme

The dismissal follows a prosecutor's removal from the case for attorney-client privilege violations.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Why the SAFE Banking Act Stinks for MRBs

Despite lessening criminal/administrative penalties and depository insurance obstacles, the SAFE Banking Act fails to put legal cannabis on equal footing with all other legitimate industries or make depository accounts and merchant services either available or affordable.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

DeSantis Administration Seeks to Scuttle Piney Point Lawsuit

Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the state is already working to resolve the problems at the Piney Point site, where massive amounts of polluted water were released this spring to avert a potential catastrophe.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Meet the South Florida Litigator Who Co-Led the $626M Partial Settlement in the Flint Water Crisis

"We had probably from eight to 12 appeals that were not just to the Michigan Supreme Court, but also to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals," said Theodore J. Leopold, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Litigators Bet on Client Huntsman and Themselves to Land $665M Arbitration Award on Contingency

Kirkland partners Gene Assaf, Mike Williams and Peter Farrell led a team that brought home a $200 million contingency fee after accusing Rockwood and executives of orchestrating a "massive fraud" in the $1.1 billion sale of its pigments businesses to Huntsman.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Fairest of Them All: Advocating CERCLA Allocation

CERCLA Section 113(f) authorizes contribution claims among parties jointly and severally liable for the same response actions or costs. Section 113(f)(1) goes on to provide that "in resolving contribution claims, the court may allocate response costs among liable parties using such equitable factors as the court determines are appropriate."
8 minute read

Law.com

Utah Supreme Court Kicks Lead Poisoning Case Back to District Court to Answer If Intentional-Injury Exception Can Apply to Occupational Disease Claims

Layne Kay filed a lawsuit against his employer, Barnes Bullets, arguing that the bullet manufacturer intentionally poisoned him by making him melt a large amount of lead without a respirator, court records show.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Status of EPA's Compliance With Biden's Executive Orders on the Environment

This article provides a brief overview of the progress that the EPA has made to date in complying with Biden's executive orders and provides an update to the regulated community about recent and impending rule changes.
7 minute read

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