Dechert LLP | USA | 19 Feb 2020
Climate change is forcing the commercial real estate industry to re-think the effectiveness of flood insurance that developers, lenders and investors…
Dechert LLP | USA | 30 Jan 2012
The Fifth Circuit last week upheld the dismissal of putative class actions filed by Mississippi and Alabama residents against the federal government alleging trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina-impacted citizens contained hazardous levels of formaldehyde.
Dechert LLP | USA | 6 Jul 2011
The plaintiff who at one time had been the first-in-line bellwether plaintiff in the FEMA Trailer MDL has lost her appeal of the dismissal of her claims.
Dechert LLP | USA | 3 Feb 2011
Defendants and certain plaintiffs in the FEMA TRAILER FORMALDEHYDE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, MDL NO. 07-1873(E.D. La.) have filed a joint motion seeking approval of a partial settlement of the litigation.
Dechert LLP | USA | 3 Jan 2011
With the recognition by many courts of the inappropriateness of the use of the class action device for personal injury claims, the use of other methods to manage mass torts has emerged.