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Texas Appeals Court Tosses Legal Malpractice Case Against Fried Frank and New York Partner

A Texas appellate court has thrown out a legal malpractice case against Fried Frank and one of its New York-based tax partners after finding a former client could not establish jurisdiction in the Lone Star State.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Kelley Drye Launches Corporate Practice in Texas With K&L Gates Hire

Bryce Linsenmayer, who joined Kelley Drye & Warren as a corporate partner, will be based in Houston and Austin.
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

Schneiderman, 10 Other State AGs Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Rule

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and 10 other state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, charging the agency has illegally delayed a safety rule for chemical plants.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Hotel, NFL Arena May Sport Grenfell Tower Flammable Panels

In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air." Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London. British authorities say they're investigating whether the panels helped spread the blaze that ripped across the building's outer walls, killing at least 80 people.
15 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Monsanto Seeks Pause in Del. Roundup Litigation

Monsanto Co. is seeking a pause in Delaware litigation involving its Roundup brand herbicides, saying that a California judge should decide whether the company's quick removal of personal injury suits from state to federal court circumvented a statute that protects plaintiffs' choice of forum.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Clears Way for Challenge to Water Standards

Nearly a year after a state regulatory commission approved controversial new water-quality standards, an appeals court ruled that a pulp-and-paper industry group should be able to challenge the measures.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

McKesson Hires Robin Jacobsohn as Head of Litigation

San Francisco-based McKesson has tapped former government lawyer Jacobsohn for the litigation role.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Stops Toxic Exposure Class in Its Tracks

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a prospective class action alleging workers' exposure to toxic chemicals at a vinyl pipe and gutter manufacturer.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Environmentalists Sue EPA Over NYC Water Quality

Runoff from sewer overflows into the waters around New York City deprives millions of the chance to enjoy the waters for recreation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to blame for not forcing the state to update clean water rules, a coalition of environmental groups allege in a new lawsuit.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cytec Industries Inc. v. Allnex (Luxembourg) & Cy S.C.A.

Business' Buyer Must Remediate Kalamazoo Site Where Acid, Liquid Alum Were Once Made
3 minute read

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