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Connecticut Law Tribune

New Ruling Sheds Light on 'Exclusivity Provision' in Employment Lawsuits

"To satisfy the substantial-certainty standard," Judge Eliot Prescott said in a dissent opinion, "an employer must both have 'intended the act and have known that the injury was substantially certain to occur from the act.'"
4 minute read

Law.com

Monsanto's Roundup Winning Streak Ends With $1.25M Verdict

Friday's verdict by a jury in St. Louis, Missouri, was the first jury award for a Roundup plaintiff since before the COVID-19 pandemic and ends Monsanto's nine-trial winning streak.
3 minute read

Law.com

Another Roundup Trial Opens in Missouri. 'He Saw a TV Commercial.'

James Bennett, of St. Louis-based Dowd Bennett, told jurors on Wednesday that Roundup did not cause plaintiff Mark McCostlin's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Metals Co. Directors' Dueling Efforts to Kick Each Other Off the Board Results in Shareholder Action

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

Corporate Counsel

3D-Printed Homebuilder ICON Hires Former Tesla, Amazon Lawyer as GC

Newly appointed ICON General Counsel Robert Harmon said it took "something extraordinary" to lure him away from Amazon, the opportunity to use "advanced technology to build a future with affordable, resilient and beautiful homes on this planet and beyond."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Unisys GC Moves Up the Road to Avantor

Claudius Sokenu, ranked by Savoy as one of the most influential Black executives in corporate America, said he was drawn to Avantor's mission of scientific innovation.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Robbins Firm Gains Ga. Appellate Court Win in DeKalb Recycling Permit Dispute

Plaintiff-appellees intends to file for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of Georgia.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

PFAS Litigation—Like PFAS Itself—Is All Over the Place: Current State of Litigation

With pressure mounting on the federal and state governments to more tightly regulate PFAS, these "forever chemicals" may well be the contemporary version of asbestos or PCBs when it comes to environmental litigation.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Beg to 'Defer': Agency Deference in Recent Pennsylvania Court Cases and Its Future

This article will investigate the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court's recent rulings on agency deference.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Woke or Broke? Five Business Reasons Why ESG Will Survive the Culture Wars

What is at stake is how we address environmental factors like climate change and water and air pollution, social factors like diversity, equity and inclusion, and governance factors like hiring and lobbying in boardrooms and as a society.
13 minute read

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