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Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Judge Greenlights Fraud Suit in Sale of Struggling Business

A Delaware state judge has allowed Novipax Holdings to proceed with a lawsuit stemming from its $80 million acquisition of a competitor's foam tray business, finding the Illinois manufacturer had viable claims for fraud and breach of contract.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Personal Injury

In the Legal's Personal Injury supplement, read about motor vehicle insurance limits, improving compensatory damage discovery and how to effectively present evidence to millennials.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Lead Paint Makers Liable for Public Nuisance, Appeals Panel Rules

In an unprecedented victory for plaintiffs bringing public nuisance claims, a California appeals court has ruled that three lead paint manufacturers were liable for endangering the state's residents through exposure to their products, which they promoted for decades as safe despite knowing of health risks such as learning disabilities in children.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Chinese Drywall: Hurricane Victims Need Protection From Approaching Silent Storm

The Trump administration and Congress should protect people rebuilding their hurricane-damaged homes from potential fresh deliveries of toxic drywall by holding Chinese manufacturers accountable under U.S. law before it's too late, writes attorney Michael J. Ryan.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Duo Delivers Big for Honeywell

Even the judge said the case law was "a mess." But Kirkland & Ellis partners K. Winn Allen and Craig Primis found a way to deliver a big win on appeal for Honeywell.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

US Steel's General Counsel to Leave the Company

Folsom played major roles in legal departments at AIG and Academi, before moving to U.S. Steel in 2014.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Industry Looks to Washington, US Steel's General Counsel is Stepping Down

Folsom played major roles in legal departments at AIG and Academi, before moving to U.S. Steel in 2014.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Weak' Role of General Counsel in Japan Leads to Scandal: Publisher

Patrick Dransfield, publisher of the Pacific Business Press in Hong Kong argues that the weak role of general counsel in Japan is to blame at least in part for a series of serious problems at major corporations.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Exxon Settles Pollution Case With Feds by Upgrading 8 Plants

Exxon Mobil settled air pollution violations with the Trump administration by paying a $2.5 million civil penalty and promising to spend $300 million…
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New PepsiCo General Counsel David Yawman Came to Stay

This time, PepsiCo promoted from the inside to find a new general counsel.
3 minute read

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