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'Serious Misconduct' From Monsanto Lawyer Prompts Mistrial in Chicago Roundup Case

A spokesperson for Monsanto said in a statement that the company believes the “cross-examination regarding risks factors for [the plaintiffs'] injury was appropriate given the evidentiary record in this case.” The spokesperson called the plaintiffs’ decision to seek a mistrial “unusual and telling.”
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The Legal Intelligencer

'Vague' Product Testing Allegations Sink Benzene Class Action

The ruling follows a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision last month reviving a benzene class action against Bayer, after the circuit court found the plaintiffs plausibly alleged that the products in question were worth less than they would have been if they were not contaminated.
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The Legal Intelligencer

First Trial in Litigation Tying Pa. Medical Device Plant Emissions to Cancer Ends in Defense Win

The case is one of about 100 lawsuits against B. Braun, most of which are filed by Kline & Specter.
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National Law Journal

From ‘Unregulated’ to ‘A Matter of Great Concern’: PFAS Regulation under Biden

“It wouldn't surprise me at all ... if [the challenge to naming PFOA and PFOS as hazardous] goes up all the way to the Supreme Court just because it is somewhat novel in terms of the statutory provision that EPA is relying upon,” said William Boyd, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Law.com

Who Got the Work: 16 Lawyers Appointed to BioLab Class Action Litigation

After consolidating 18 class action complaints surrounding a chemical fire at a BioLab plant in Georgia, a federal judge has appointed 16 attorneys from separate firms in Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Tennessee, and Puerto Rico as interim class counsel and committee members.
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New York Law Journal

Are Federal and State Superfund Laws the Best Way to Address Microplastics?

Litigation related to plastics and microplastic pollution is on the rise. Plaintiffs have brought claims under numerous theories of liability. The state of New York’s common law nuisance claims against PepsiCo were recently met with disdain. The court summarily dismissed New York’s case calling it a “predatory lawsuit” that without a statutory claim was “simply policy idealism.” Some parties have raised the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as a statute to regulate microplastics. But is CERCLA really applicable to microplastics?
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Corporate Counsel

CSX Joins Rest of Big Four Railroad Companies in Installing New Generation of Legal Leadership

CEO Joe Hinrichs said the company's hiring of an 18-year veteran of its legal department as legal chief "highlights our confidence in the exceptional depth of talent within our organization. We are fortunate to have an outstanding team of railroaders poised to harness our current momentum and propel us toward even greater success."
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Corporate Counsel

Lockmaker's Veteran GC Takes Old Job Back After Successor Lasts Just 3 Months

Allegion declined to explain why Jeff Braun was back as legal chief or why Stacy Cozad was no longer with the company.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Claims Phila. Roundup Trial Schedule Has Given 'Unfair' Preference to Certain Firms

Thomas Bosworth, who started his own firm after his contentious split with Kline & Specter, requested that the court put him next in line to bring his Roundup case before a Philadelphia jury.
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The Recorder

Hershey's 'Bubble Yum' Hit With Consumer Class Action for Allegedly Containing 'Forever Chemicals'

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 24, accused Hershey of omitting and failing to disclose that its Bubble Yum Original Flavor Bubble Gum Product has organic fluorine and misleading markets as "high quality," "sustainable" and "transparent about [their] ingredients."
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