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What Do SCOTUS Rulings on College Athletes, Goldman Sachs Say About Class Actions? Plus: Judge's Order Would Cut Fees in Roundup MDL

Lawyers on both sides had positive reactions to a decision to remand a securities action against the investment bank for further review.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Something Needs to Be Done': Sunscreen Makers Hit With Nationwide Class Action

Benzene, a known carcinogen linked to blood cancer, is not an active ingredient intentionally used in sunscreens, according to the complaint.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Mid-Year Check-Up: California's Prop 65 Continues To Evolve and Pose Burdens on Businesses

Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a record year for Proposition 65 filings.
5 minute read

Law.com

Debut Hearing Is Set for Paraquat MDL in Illinois Federal Court. Plus: Did Cal Bar Botch Girardi Investigation?

U.S. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, favored by plaintiffs, will preside over the case, which consolidates more than 70 lawsuits.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Quinn Emanuel Duo Who Scored a $26.4M Trade Secret Win Against a Chinese Glass Company

Bill Burck and AJ Merton of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan won $8.8 million in damages for PPG Industries, Inc. and the maximum amount of exemplary damages allowed under trade secrets Pennsylvania law in a suit accusing a Chinese competitor of conspiring to pilfer a proprietary process for manufacturing a new type of commercial aircraft window.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Major Air Regulatory Developments Anticipated for Pa. Natural Gas Operators

Congress is in the midst of finalizing legislation to undo a Trump administration Clean Air Act (CAA) rule rolling back contentious components of Obama-era CAA rules.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Southern District of Illinois Is Site for MDL in Cases Linking Herbicide Paraquat to Parkinson's

Dozens of lawsuits alleging the herbicide paraquat is tied to Parkinson's disease will be consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has decided.
3 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Make Sure You Are Working for People That Value You as a Person and Are Invested in Your Professional Success,' Says Bao Vu of Stoel Rives

"I had a hard time finding a job out of law school. But I've learned that, with hard work, persistence and a bit of luck along the way, things may not work out according to a painstakingly planned road map, but they will work out just fine."
9 minute read

Law.com

After SCOTUS Turns Down Appeal in Talc Cases, Is There a Next Step for J&J? Plus: Bayer Looks to Wrap Up Roundup Litigation

The justices rejected the consumer products company's petition to review a $2.1 billion verdict in Missouri, but that may not be the end of the matter.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Next Wave of PFAS Defendants: Smaller Industrial Users

Amid the flood of PFAS news this year, a new class action in Maine has gotten comparatively less attention from the national media. Yet it is unique, as its principal target is not an industrial giant but a local paper mill.
7 minute read

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