By Amanda Bronstad | June 22, 2023
"This historic settlement is the largest amount ever paid by a single company to resolve claims involving contaminated drinking water and provides compensation critical to protecting our nation's drinking water supplies and upgrading our water treatment infrastructure to deal with this new threat," said Paul Napoli, a partner at Napoli Shkolnik and co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 19, 2022
A growing list of consumer products are now being targeted in lawsuits for containing PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as "forever chemicals."
By Brian Lee | April 15, 2022
"Soaring gas prices are forcing working New Yorkers and low-income families to make difficult decisions," New York Attorney General Letitia James said.
By Dan Packel | August 11, 2021
A former client says a partner went overboard in a filing that would allow the U.S. to collect duties on imported wood furniture.
By Ellen Bardash | June 23, 2021
Lawyers and judges traded views over whether an expert delivered an "unreliable" opinion with contradictions or whether she was being "remarkably candid."
By Tom McParland | April 23, 2021
A federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan approved Kirkland's restructuring plan for Garrett Motion Inc., which filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in September. The case pitted Kirkland's restructuring and litigation teams against powerhouse firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Sullivan & Cromwell for Garrett.
By Tom McParland | December 16, 2020
A South African chemical company's Weil Gotshal attorneys have taken aim at plaintiffs' Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro counsel. But Steve Berman dismissed the accusations as without merit.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 6, 2020
Hurricanes delayed the New Orleans trial, which featured masks, social distancing and plexiglass shields to prevent COVID-19. The case was among the first held in person since the pandemic shut courthouse doors in March.
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By Charlotte A. Biblow | July 24, 2019
In her State Environmental Regulation column, Charlotte Biblow discusses “two of the most significant environmental bills in recent memory” which were passed by the New York State Legislature in June. The bills, she writes, will affect New York State residents, property owners, developers, businesses, local governments, and other entities and institutions in the state in large and small ways.
By Kristen Rasmussen | July 17, 2019
Jennifer Fischman's gender discrimination claim against her former employer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings America Inc., may proceed after a federal judge rejected the New York-based company's argument that the complaint should be tossed because it uses alleged privileged and confidential information learned during the job.
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