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Chinese drywall - Senate bill could facilitate effecting service of process on foreign defendants

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 28 2009

Legislation recently introduced in the United States Senate could help homeowners haul foreign manufacturers of allegedly defective Chinese drywall into court

Chinese Drywall Capitol Hill update - Senate Subcommittee will conduct hearings and house orders study of available property insurance

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2009

The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance (the “Subcommittee”) will hold the first Congressional hearings on Chinese Drywall on May 21st at 10:30 a.m

Chinese drywall litigation: how best to protect your company

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2009

Numerous lawsuits have been filed recently in the southeastern United States by homeowners alleging that defective drywall manufactured in China was installed in their houses

The walls are closing in: Chinese drywall issues prompt legislation and litigation

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2009

Certain drywall manufactured in China is allegedly defective

Ohio tort reform

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 17 2008

Two significant cases have been decided by the Ohio Supreme Court, both of which presented constitutional challenges to Ohio's 2005 Ohio tort reform law, S.B. 80

China's not-so-great walls: allegedly defective drywall creates legal house of horrors

  • Ballard Spahr LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2010

This article discusses the increase in Chinese drywall used in the U.S. residential housing market since 2004

Chinese drywall prompts CPSC guidance

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 9 2010

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received over 3,000 reports from homeowners in 37 states who believe they have problem drywall in their homes

U.S.-made drywall at issue in new class action

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 27 2010

Mississippi homeowners have filed a putative nationwide class action against an American drywall manufacturer, alleging that the product "emits various sulfide gases andor other chemicals through 'off-gassing' that causes property damage and health hazards

Chinese drywall manufacturer agrees to fund remediation pilot program

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 27 2010

Chinese drywall manufacturer Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Company ("Knauf"), has agreed to pay to repair 300 homes in four states in a remediation pilot program

New lead-based paint regulations for pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities

  • Day Pitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 28 2010

On April 22, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (the LRRP Rule) went into effect