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Corporate Counsel

Lockmaker's Veteran GC Takes Old Job Back After Successor Lasts Just 3 Months

Allegion declined to explain why Jeff Braun was back as legal chief or why Stacy Cozad was no longer with the company.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Claims Phila. Roundup Trial Schedule Has Given 'Unfair' Preference to Certain Firms

Thomas Bosworth, who started his own firm after his contentious split with Kline & Specter, requested that the court put him next in line to bring his Roundup case before a Philadelphia jury.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Hershey's 'Bubble Yum' Hit With Consumer Class Action for Allegedly Containing 'Forever Chemicals'

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 24, accused Hershey of omitting and failing to disclose that its Bubble Yum Original Flavor Bubble Gum Product has organic fluorine and misleading markets as "high quality," "sustainable" and "transparent about [their] ingredients."
3 minute read

The Recorder

Los Angeles Secures $35M Settlement From Monsanto in Water Contamination Lawsuit

Monsanto in the settlement admitted no wrongdoing. Los Angeles has more "forever" chemical makers in its sights in other actions.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Kristin Coleman Out as GC of Albemarle Amid Leadership Reshuffle

Stepping in as Coleman's successor is Deputy General Counsel Stacy Grant, who joined the specialty chemicals maker last year.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Beasley Allen Attorneys Launch Latest Class Action Against BioLab Following Chemical Leak

"This is not the first time that BioLab's negligence has exposed the surrounding community, and it is a shame that members of this community are suffering because of it," said plaintiff counsel Rhon Jones of Beasley Allen in Montgomery, Alabama.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigating Pesticide Bans and Restrictions for Defendants

David Schifrin and Melissa Baney of Hollingsworth write that introducing evidence of bans or restrictions risks creating unfair prejudice, confusing the jury and wasting time.
7 minute read

Law.com

Federal Lawsuit Seeks $400M In COVID-19 PPE Commission Revenues to Be Handed Over

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Bonta, Environmental Groups Sue Exxon Mobil Over Plastic Recycling Claims

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office will "in all likelihood" seek to recover billions of dollars from Exxon Mobil for misleading consumers into thinking their plastic products can be readily recycled.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Monsanto Scores 2nd Phila. Roundup Verdict, but Fails to Stop Impending Trial

A jury determined Wednesday that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller was defective, but the defect did not cause plaintiff Ryan Young's non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
3 minute read

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