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Anna Aven Sumner Alston & Bird LLP

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejects "every fiber" causation *

USA - June 1 2012
Last week the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected the notion that “each and every fiber” of asbestos amounted to a substantial cause of a given plaintiff’s disease and affirmed a trial court’s ruling excluding such testimony.


"conflict minerals" guidance still in flux *

USA - March 16 2012
While the more traditional “financial reform” portions of last year’s Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act received a great deal of attention, the Act also contains a key provision that will affect product manufacturers: Section 13(p), regarding disclosure of a company’s use of certain “conflict minerals” in its products.