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National Law Journal

With Vet Support Bill Set to Become Law, Attorneys Prepare to Represent Camp Lejeune Victims

Under the PACT Act of 2022, a new federal cause of action included in the veterans-support bill could spur litigation from hundreds of thousands of former Camp Lejeune residents, lawyers said.
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Daily Business Review

3M Unit Files Bankruptcy, Claims Earplug MDL Is 'Broken Beyond Repair'

A 3M subsidiary and six related companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday to resolve more than 230,000 lawsuits and claims alleging 3M's combat earplugs caused hearing loss and ringing of the ears.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Judge to Step Down From Federal Bench, Search to Begin for Successor

"Many economists believed that the success of the U.S. was that you could try to start a business here and fail and not be executed," U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Emeritus A. Jay Cristol said. "A fresh start or a second opportunity are major factors in the success of our economy."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Final 3M Earplug Verdict: $77.5M, Highest Ever For One Plaintiff

Friday's verdict, in a trial that began May 9 in Pensacola, Florida, caps a year of 16 bellwether trials that U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers planned despite the risks and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Honoring Our War Dead This Memorial Day

A look at the history of Memorial Day, and some suggestions for how lawyers can get involved with helping our nation's military and veterans.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

3M Loses $2.2M Earplug Verdict in Federal Trial in Florida

Friday's verdict is the 15th involving 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs, alleged to cause hearing loss and ringing of the ears. The last bellwether trial begins May 9.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Mark Zaid Leads Army Vet's Challenge to DoD's Memoir Review

The lawsuit is the latest challenge from Zaid targeting an administration's pre-publication review of a book.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: What the End of Sentence for a Terrorist Tortured at CIA Black Sites Could Mean for Guantanamo Bay's Future

Last week the official overseeing military commissions at Guantanamo slashed 16 years off the sentence of the detainee represented by Katya Jestin of Jenner & Block and Wells Dixon of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Seven of the eight military jurors in their client's case wrote a letter calling his torture "a stain on the moral fiber of America."
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Is My Family Safe? Connecticut Paralegal Calls Ukraine Every Day to Check on Relatives

"This war is violent. It is a war without any rules, where lots of Ukrainian lives are being taken," says paralegal Ilona Batyuk.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

3M Hit With Largest-Ever $110M Earplug Verdict

The verdict, awarded late Thursday, is the largest jury award over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs, alleged to cause hearing loss and ringing of the ears.
3 minute read

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