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The Legal Intelligencer

Creative Solar Development Could Help Once-Contaminated Lands Shine Again

While solar markets in many other states have flourished, Pennsylvania has been left largely in the shade, with less than 1% of the commonwealth's electricity generated by solar.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY State Legislature Passes Two Major Environmental Bills

In her State Environmental Regulation column, Charlotte Biblow discusses “two of the most significant environmental bills in recent memory” which were passed by the New York State Legislature in June. The bills, she writes, will affect New York State residents, property owners, developers, businesses, local governments, and other entities and institutions in the state in large and small ways.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

High Time to Review Condominium Medical Marijuana Rules and Regulations

Due to the ever-increasing number of condominium developments in South Florida, associations, owners and residents are abuzz about restrictions and regulations preventing owners who wish to indulge in smoking marijuana in the privacy of their own apartments or on their balconies.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Oakland Judge Leans Toward New Trial or Slashing Damages on $2B Roundup Verdict

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith found in a tentative ruling that the trial evidence did not support that Monsanto “consciously disregarded a known probable danger” that its Roundup herbicide contained carcinogens, requiring a reduction of damages.
4 minute read

The Recorder

3 Companies Reach $305M Deal to Settle Calif. Counties' Lead Paint Suits

The deal is a little more than a quarter the amount of the initial $1.15 billion 2014 judgment in the long-running nuisance litigation brought by 10 local governments in California.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Acting General Counsel's Use of Alleged Privileged Information in Complaint Doesn't Bar Sex Discrimination Suit

Jennifer Fischman's gender discrimination claim against her former employer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings America Inc., may proceed after a federal judge rejected the New York-based company's argument that the complaint should be tossed because it uses alleged privileged and confidential information learned during the job.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Slashes $80M Roundup Verdict to $25.3M

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California, who refused to overturn the verdict Friday, found that Monsanto Co.'s conduct was sufficient to warrant punitive damages of $20 million—a ratio of four times the compensatory damages.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Class Suit Filed Over DuPont Pension Funds

“These companies are now attempting to find ways to not only avoid funding the plan, but also are placing it in jeopardy of failing, leaving the workers with little or no pension after a lifetime of savings,” said W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III of Beasley Allen.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What Environmental Lawyers Should Know About the Limits of 'Auer' Deference

The U.S. Supreme Court recently had the opportunity to overturn Auer deference, Kisor v. Wilkie, No. 18-15, (U.S. June 26, 2019). A 5-4 majority declined to do so, but not without emphasizing the limits of the doctrine.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Court Rips 'Legal Artifice' in Kasowitz Firm's Megabillions Whistleblower Case

The D.C. Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit that sought to wrest $90 billion in fines and penalties from four chemical companies—and to set up a $27 billion windfall for Kasowitz Benson Torres.
3 minute read

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