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By Mason Lawlor | January 24, 2024
"With respect to the constitutional public trust doctrine, on review, this Court should not reverse a substantive decision of DEQ on its merits unless it can be shown that the decision was arbitrary or that DEQ clearly gave insufficient weight to environmental protection in balancing the costs and benefits of the proposed action," Judge Jewel Welch wrote.
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By Christine Simmons | December 18, 2023
The transaction—which is facing some opposition—is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2024.
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By Hugo Guzman | December 11, 2023
Newly appointed GC Tom Johnson has "an unparalleled understanding of the complexities that come with being a 135-year-old company with a global footprint," De Beers Group CEO Al Cook said.
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By Riley Brennan | November 29, 2023
"Here, nobody disputes that thousands of different compounds fall under the heading of PFAS; one of the defendant's experts puts the number of different PFAS at 5,000-10,000, which is roughly the number of known species of mammals on Earth," U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Raymond M. Kethledge for the Sixth Circuit said. "To allege simply that these defendants manufactured or otherwise distributed 'PFAS,' therefore, is patently insufficient to support a plausible inference that any of them bear responsibility for the particular PFAS in Hardwick's blood."
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By Ross Todd | November 10, 2023
Mary Rose Alexander and Robert Collins of Latham & Watkins took the lead for Dow and Jason Levin of Alston & Bird represented PPG in a six-week trial in San Francisco Superior Court that resulted in no damages.
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By Amanda Bronstad | November 2, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments last month on whether to certify a class action that, depending on future rulings, could include 99% of Americans exposed to PFAS, a "forever chemical."
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By Steve Schain | October 27, 2023
Although the final decision rests with the DEA, if cannabis is reclassified to Schedule III, marijuana growers, processors, transporters or sellers (marijuana-related businesses or MRBs) will cease being encumbered by onerous operating and taxing obstacles to become significantly more profitable, federally funded cannabis research will finally occur, and investment in marijuana-related businesses should soar.
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By Emily Cousins | October 25, 2023
"To satisfy the substantial-certainty standard," Judge Eliot Prescott said in a dissent opinion, "an employer must both have 'intended the act and have known that the injury was substantially certain to occur from the act.'"
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 20, 2023
Friday's verdict by a jury in St. Louis, Missouri, was the first jury award for a Roundup plaintiff since before the COVID-19 pandemic and ends Monsanto's nine-trial winning streak.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 14, 2023
James Bennett, of St. Louis-based Dowd Bennett, told jurors on Wednesday that Roundup did not cause plaintiff Mark McCostlin's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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