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Connecticut Law Tribune

13 Tort Actions: Coast Guard Under Fire for Alleged Culture of Sexual Misconduct

"I know that there are many, many more survivors out there who experienced sexual assault at the Coast Guard Academy and my hope is that with the publicity ... other survivors will feel empowered to come forward and reach out to us," said Christine Dunn of Sanford Heisler Sharp, one of the complainants' attorneys. "I believe that if there are enough people standing together making noise, it's very hard to ignore."
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New York Law Journal

NYC Firm Known for Clientele of Famous Criminal Defendants Grows Civil Business With New Military Justice Practice

While Arthur Aidala's skill at criminal defense may have top billing on his firm's reputational marquee, his firm has strived to steadily grow its volume of civil work.
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New York Law Journal

International Humanitarian Law and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

In this article, Solomon B. Shinerock and Alex Bedrosyan analyze international humanitarian law through the context of the crisis in Gaza.
18 minute read

Daily Report Online

Independent Lawyers Begin Prosecuting Cases of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes in the US Military

A new law fueled by a persistent increase in sexual assaults and harassment across the military, places authority with independent lawyers and sidelines commanders.
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Law.com

3M to Pay $6B to Resolve Thousands of Combat Earplug Lawsuits

The settlement, announced on Tuesday, resolves 240,000 lawsuits in multidistrict litigation in the Southern District of Florida and thousands more cases in Minnesota state courts.
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Law.com

Judge Orders 3M CEO Mike Roman to Attend This Week's Earplug Mediation

"Sometimes, the nature and demands of a situation are far-reaching and consequential enough that the leader must be in the room," wrote U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers. "This is one of those times."
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Law.com

3M Tells US Appeals Court That Government-Contractor Defense Should Overturn Earplug Verdicts

On Monday, 3M attorney Paul Clement told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that the government-contractor defense should have immunized his client from lawsuits over its combat earplugs.
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Law.com

Hearing Begins Over Dismissal of 3M Earplug Bankruptcy. 'There Was No Fire.'

A hearing set to last at least two days began Wednesday in Indianapolis to determine whether a bankruptcy judge should dismiss the Chapter 11 case of 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies, designed to resolve 235,000 lawsuits over combat earplugs.
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Law.com

Deadline Set: Bankruptcy Judge Will Hear 3M Earplug Dismissal Motion in April

On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Jeffrey Graham, in Indianapolis, told lawyers that dismissal arguments would be April 19 and April 20, possibly extending to April 21.
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Law.com

Earplug Lawyers: Talc Dismissal 'Knocks the Props Out' of 3M Bankruptcy

Lawyers suing 3M over its combat earplugs moved on Friday to dismiss the Chapter 11 case of its subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, citing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's ruling on Monday dismissing Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy.
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