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The Legal Intelligencer

Drywall Makers Agree to Pay $125M to Settle Antitrust Claims

Three companies have agreed to pay $125 million to settle claims that they conspired to raise prices on drywall.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

2017 Patent Applications Can Predict Innovations of the Future

As companies develop new ideas, they often file patent applications with various patent offices in order to protect their investments. Here are a few patents (and patent applications) that were published in 2017 and that may predict how innovation will influence the future.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eight States Sue US Environmental Protection Agency Over Upwind Air Pollution

The attorneys general in eight Eastern Seaboard states are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over air pollution that blows in from upwind states.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Successive Owners and an Obligation to Restore a Stream

Earlier this month, the Commonwealth Court decided a case focused primarily on what constitutes a “watercourse” or “stream” under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act.
8 minute read

Law.com

Here are the Top 10 Best Paying Industries for GCs

Want to make more cash as a general counsel? You might want to think about getting your next gig in one of these sectors.
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Third Circuit Denies Rehearing in DuPont Price-Fixing Case

The Third Circuit on Wednesday denied Valspar Corp.'s request for an en banc rehearing of a decision to toss a $176 million antitrust lawsuit accusing DuPont of conspiring to fix the price of a paint ingredient.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Sets Stage for $2.8M Asbestos Verdict

An appellate ruling directing juries to use the consumer expectations test in strict products liability cases secured an asbestos plaintiff a new trial.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

LeGrow Tosses Suit Over DuPont's Chemours Spinoff

A Delaware judge on Tuesday dismissed a fraud suit accusing DuPont of using its 2015 spinoff of The Chemours Co. to insulate the company from the growing liability stemming from litigation related to the supposed dumping of toxic chemicals.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY High Court Gives OK for 9/11 Cleanup Crews to Sue Over Asbestos Exposure

The state's Court of Appeals ruled that the Battery Park City Authority is a government entity and didn't have legal standing to challenge Jimmy Nolan's Law, a 2009 state law that gave workers who toiled in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, an extra year to file claims against the authority.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Does CERCLA Pre-empt State Medical Monitoring Claims?

An appeal pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit asks whether CERCLA pre-empts state law claims for medical monitoring, Giovanni v. U.S. Dep't of the Navy, No. 17-2473 (3d Cir.). This is an important issue in the context of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) because the exact health effects remain in dispute.
6 minute read

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