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Third Circuit affirms asbestos dismissals

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2013

Readers know that too often the necessary administrative procedures set in place in a mass tort are enforced on a one-way basis, costing defendants

Bronchiolitis obliterans cases continue to pop up

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 24 2013

Researchers have reported bronchiolitis obliterans in populations ranging from the builders of boat hauls to Taiwanese women who used a natural

House Committee approves asbestos bill

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

Quick note for our readers who follow asbestos mass tort issues: the House Judiciary Committee decided in a 17-14 party-line vote this week to reject

Massachusetts Appeals Court affirms judgment for turbine and valve manufacturers because of lack of evidence plaintiff’s mesothelioma was caused or contributed to by any asbestos in their products

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

In Whiting v. CBS Corp., 83 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 (Mass. App. Ct. Feb. 14, 2013), plaintiff's husband died from malignant mesothelioma allegedly

Weekly Washington healthcare update

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

Last week, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Boustany wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius inquiring about a voter registration

District Court issues favorable ruling for defendants attempting to eliminate class claims at the pleading stage

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

On January 24, 2013, Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an order in Baker v. Home

The issues 2013: upcoming legal topics in the Czech Republic

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • Czech Republic
  • -
  • February 1 2013

The adoption of the new Civil Code and the Act on Corporations, effective as of 1 January 2014, is a step of great importance for the Czech law. There

Key legislative and regulatory developments in 2012

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • January 30 2013

This Update provides a brief summary of the key statutory and regulatory developments in 2012. Three Amendment Acts were passed in 2012 and came into

Scientific studies and current law surrounding the possible carcinogenic effects of cell phone radiation

  • Wilson Elser
  • -
  • Italy, USA
  • -
  • December 12 2012

While studies have generally concluded that current evidence does not support any causal link between cell phone radiofrequency emissions and brain tumors or other cancers, it is wise to heed the recommendations of the various studies to date and monitor developments in scientific research in preparation for possible future claims

Product liability annual review

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 10 2012

Following the UK's first corporate manslaughter conviction of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Limited in 2011, the last 12 months have seen two further convictions under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

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