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December 6, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
The ruling follows a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision last month reviving a benzene class action against Bayer, after the circuit court found the plaintiffs plausibly alleged that the products in question were worth less than they would have been if they were not contaminated.
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November 19, 2024 | Law.com
After consolidating 18 class action complaints surrounding a chemical fire at a BioLab plant in Georgia, a federal judge has appointed 16 attorneys from separate firms in Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Tennessee, and Puerto Rico as interim class counsel and committee members.
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October 8, 2024 | Daily Report Online
"This is not the first time that BioLab's negligence has exposed the surrounding community, and it is a shame that members of this community are suffering because of it," said plaintiff counsel Rhon Jones of Beasley Allen in Montgomery, Alabama.
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April 6, 2023 | The Recorder
Joseph Satterley of Kazan Law called the proposed settlement a "public relations stunt" meant to further delay justice. The day after LTL Management refiled its bankruptcy, defense counsel requested and was granted a stay in the case of a Oakland, California, man Satterley is representing who is dying of mesothelioma.
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Publication Date: 2022-03-22
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Energy | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; Patrick J. Conlon, Daniel E. Bolia, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, Texas, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.
For Defendant-Appellee Attorney General of Massachusetts: Richard A. Johnston, Melissa A. Hoffer, Christophe G. Courchesne, Amanda Morejon, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, Seth Schofield, Assistant Attorney General, for Maura T. Healey, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts.
For Defendant-Appellee Attorney General of New York: Scott A. Eisman, Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief, Anisha S. Dasgupta, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, New York.
For Amici Curiae States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, and Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi and Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeffrey C. Mateer, First Assistant Attorney General, Brantley D. Starr, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, James E. Davis, Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation, David J. Hacker, Special Counsel for Civil Litigation, for Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, Austin, Texas; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine; Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi; Doug Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; Mike Hunter, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; Brad Schimel, Attorney General of Wisconsin.
For Amici Curiae National Association of Manufacturers and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Megan L. Brown, Richard W. Smith, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.
for defendant: For Amici Curiae Michael C. Dorf, Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School; Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Professor of Law, Deane School of Law, Hofstra University; Steven Heyman, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law; Robert Kerr, Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, Gaylord College, University of Oklahoma; Douglas Kysar, Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Helen Norton, Professor and Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Chair in Constitutional Law, University of Colorado School of Law; Tamara R. Piety, Professor of Law, University of Tulsa, College of Law; Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, University of Maryland; Catherine J. Ross, Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor, George Washington University Law School; and Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School in support of Defendants-Appellees: Shanna M. Cleveland, Ronald A. Fein, Lisa Danetz, Free Speech for People, Newton, Massachusetts, and Steven H. Shiffrin, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York.
For Amici Curiae Martha Coakley, Thomas Reilly, Scott Harshbarger, James M. Shannon, and Francis X. Bellotti, Former Attorneys General of Massachusetts in support of Defendants-Appellees: Edward Notis-McConarty, M. Patrick Moore, Jr., Vanessa A. Arslanian, Hemenway & Barnes LLP, Boston, MA.
For Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General of Oregon, Salem, Oregon; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, Sacramento, California; George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut; Russell A. Suzuki, Attorney General of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa; Janet T. Mills, Attorney General of Maine, Augusta, Maine; Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; Lori Swanson, Attorney General of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi; Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey; Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina; Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island; Thomas J. Donovan, Jr., Attorney General of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont; Mark R. Herring, Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington, Olympia, Washington; Karl A. Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, for Amici Curiae States of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia in support of Defendants-Appel
Case Number: 18-1770
Exxon's Appeal as to NYAG Dismissed But Judgment as to Massachusetts AG Upheld
November 10, 2021 | The Recorder
A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ordered that all talcum powder lawsuits be stayed for 60 days, pending transfer of the Chapter 11 filing of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management from North Carolina to New Jersey.
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September 27, 2021 | The Recorder
The defense verdict is a major blow for plaintiffs, which have lost three trials so far this year, including one on Sept. 24 in Philadelphia. Additional trials are scheduled during the next year in state courts in California, Florida, Georgia and New Jersey.
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Publication Date: 2021-07-27
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Chemicals and Materials
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Gobeil
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Payne, William Massey, Philip Sandick, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
for defendant: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, Brian Kinsley, Greensboro, for Appellee
Case Number: A21A0143
Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss personal injury claims of a decedent's estate where prior pending claims doctrine did not bar the refiling
April 14, 2021 | Law.com
Lawyers who crafted the $2 billion class action settlement with Bayer to resolve future claims over Monsanto's Roundup have fired back at a host of objectors, defending a settlement they say that "will save lives."
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July 1, 2020 | Law.com
After months of negotiations, Bayer finally announced last week a series of settlements worth up to $10.9 billion that would resolve the bulk of the Roundup pesticide litigation.
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