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New Jersey Law Journal

N.J. Loses MDL Case Alleging MTBE Groundwater Contamination by Chevron

New Jersey's claims against Chevron for alleged groundwater contamination from MBTE have been dismissed in Multidistrict Litigation in the Southern District of New York.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Blinded by Science? Judge Critiques Legal Profession's Knowledge of Science, Tech

Texas trial lawyers and judges are leaders in slamming the gate on junk science. They should not relent, says attorney Jack Edward Urquhart.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Elsheref v. Applied Materials, Inc.

By | January 29, 2014
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Legal Malpractice, Bad-Faith Case Moved From Phila. to Dauphin

A firm's reference on its website to an office in Exton, Pa., accommodating "its clients in Philadelphia and the surrounding Delaware Valley" does not show that the firm had enough business in the city to keep a legal malpractice case in Philadelphia courts, the Superior Court has ruled.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Preserving Claims for Future Damages After an Oil Spill

Oil spill claims are unique: Damages are large and difficult to discern, and they occur over a long period of time. Regardless of the methods used to recover incurred damages, an injured party's lawyer quickly should develop a strategy to protect against future damages--both first-party damages and liability to third parties and government entities.
6 minute read

Law.com

BP Takes Bid to Rewrite Settlement to Full Fifth Circuit

BP PLC has petitioned an en banc panel of a federal appeals court to rehear a three-judge panel's recent decision upholding the fairness of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Damages Claims Mount Following Chemical Spill

The chemical spill that poisoned the water supply for 300,000 customers has prompted dozens of lawsuits, many of them filed by attorneys in Charleston who experienced first-hand the spill's effects.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gates v. A. O. Smith Water Products Co.

Asbestos Exposure Action Denied Remand; Colorable Federal Contractor Defense Raised
1 minute read

The Recorder

Estate of Henry Barabin v. AstenJohnson, Inc.

By | January 15, 2014
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gordon v. Air & Liquid Systems

Federal Contractor Defense Prevents Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit's Remand to State Court
2 minute read

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