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City of Houston seeks relief from Texas Petrochemicals, Inc

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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February 26 2008

The Texas Petrochemicals, Inc. facility located near the Houston Ship Channel is the target of a recent lawsuit by the City of Houston stemming from two emissions incidents in 2006

Fourth Circuit sends CWA citizen suit back to district court

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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February 26 2008

In December 2003, a South Carolina district court entered an order awarding civil damages to an environmental group in a Clean Water Act citizens suit addressing discharges from Gaston Copper Recycling Corp.’s facility under a NPDES permit

Jurors side with railroad tie factory

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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February 26 2008

On Feb. 11, 2008, a jury in the 96th Judicial District Court of Tarrant County, Texas returned a verdict finding that Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway Company (BNSF) was not responsible for the plaintiff’s stomach cancer

A crack in the construction industry's statute of repose armor?

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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April 11 2008

The Texas statute of repose (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 16.008(a)) requires that a plaintiff file suit "not later than 10 years after the substantial completion of the improvement or the beginning of operation of equipment in an action arising out of a defective or unsafe condition of the real property, the improvement, or the equipment."

Antitrust laws limited to initial stock offerings - Credit Suisse Securities v Billing

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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July 23 2007

The plaintiffs in this class action suit claimed that several of the nation’s largest underwriting firms entered into illegal contracts with purchasers of securities distributed in initial public offerings, and that through these contracts, the underwriting firms grossly inflated the price of the securities after the IPOs in the so-called aftermarket

Supreme Court upholds CBA arbitration clause for age discrimination claims

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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May 27 2009

On April 1, 2009, in a victory for unionized employers, the Supreme Court upheld an arbitration clause in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) requiring employees to arbitrate ADEA claims

Supreme Court of Texas lightens standard for non-competes

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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May 27 2009

Covenants not to compete traditionally have been difficult to enforce in Texas

Vertical price restraints reevaluated

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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July 23 2007

Just days ago, the United States Supreme Court abandoned its longstanding and absolute ban on agreements between suppliers and dealers that set the price at which dealers may resell a product

Predatory buying pondered Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Harwood Lumber Co., Inc.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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July 23 2007

Ross-Simmons, a sawmill, filed suit under 2 of the Sherman Act, alleging that Weyehaeuser Co. drove it out of business by bidding up the price of saw logs to a level that prevented Ross-Simmons from being profitable

General contractors beware: OSHA multi-employer citation policy alive and well

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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USA
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May 27 2009

In a decision with significant implications for construction companies, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Secretary v. Summit Contractors affirmed OSHA's ability to issue citations to employers under the Multi-Employer Citation Policy, even when they did not create a worksite hazard and even when the employer's own employees are not exposed to the hazard

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City of Houston seeks relief from Texas Petrochemicals, Inc

Fourth Circuit sends CWA citizen suit back to district court

Jurors side with railroad tie factory

A crack in the construction industry's statute of repose armor?

Antitrust laws limited to initial stock offerings - Credit Suisse Securities v Billing

Supreme Court upholds CBA arbitration clause for age discrimination claims

Supreme Court of Texas lightens standard for non-competes

Vertical price restraints reevaluated

Predatory buying pondered Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Harwood Lumber Co., Inc.

General contractors beware: OSHA multi-employer citation policy alive and well

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