District of Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia) WASHINGTON - James Powers, 59, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to violating the Clean Air Act for his role in a scheme...
View ArticleJury awards woman $13M for exposure to asbestos in talcum
A Los Angeles jury awarded $13 million to a 73-year-old woman who contracted a deadly disease from using asbestos-containing talcum powder manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive Co. Jurors deliberated for...
View ArticleAfter Silver: Legal Reform is Ethics Reform (Manhattan Chamber of Commerce)
(Source: Manhattan Chamber of Commerce) The author, Thomas Stebbins For decades it was an open secret in Albany that the New York Assembly was functionally controlled by the trial lawyers. Sheldon...
View ArticleSubcontractors Are Learning How to Win Government Contracts with New FASA...
(Source: American Subcontractors Association Inc) News Subcontractors Are Learning How to Win Government Contracts with New FASA Video 09/24/2014 The Foundation of the American Subcontractors...
View ArticleWest Islip man wins $7M award in asbestos case
Travel deals A West Islip man who alleged he contracted a rare form of lung cancer from exposure to asbestos during construction of the Northport Power Station has been awarded $7 million by a jury in...
View Article>Mesothelioma Attorney Wins Case for Ohio Asbestos Victim
Mesothelioma attorney from Levy Konigsberg LLP wins a significant verdict for an Ohio asbestos victim, who developed mesothelioma from being exposed to asbestos-containing Bendix car brakes. CLEVELAND,...
View ArticleToxic Tort & Product Liability Quarterly (Beveridge & Diamond PC)
(Source: Beveridge & Diamond PC) 519752cf-652e-4a77-a0be-91f5c29af513.pdf Toxic Tort & Product Liability Quarterly Vol. 9, No. 1, February 12, 2016 Editors Daniel M. Krainin Principal (212)...
View ArticleIs No One Legally Liable for a Defectively Installed Handicap Accessible...
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently declined to impose liability on either an independent contractor or a hotel owner when a defectively installed handicap accessible shower bench broke, causing...
View ArticleDealing with it asbestos you can (Norfolk Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
(Source: Norfolk Chamber of Commerce & Industry) With statistical research predicting an approximate annual death toll of 2,450 deaths this year alone, the devastating and far-reaching consequences...
View ArticleFASA Publishes ‘Anti-Forum Selection Clauses in the 50 States’ (American...
(Source: American Subcontractors Association Inc) FASA Publishes 'Anti-Forum Selection Clauses in the 50 States' 09/29/2015 The Foundation of the American Subcontractors Association, Inc. 1004 Duke...
View ArticleCary Wood, Jeffry Miller and Arezoo Jamshidi Win Products Liability Case in...
(Source: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP) August 1, 2014 Cary Wood, Jeffry Miller and Arezoo Jamshidi Win Products Liability Case in the Court of Appeal San Diego Appellate Practice Group...
View ArticleHow Newport News, Va., Works Around State's Pro-Business Laws>
In the community of American asbestos litigation, the realm that creates all those mesothelioma ads, attorneys hotly debate the merits of specific jurisdictions and if state law is better than federal...
View ArticleOrrick Litigation Team Secures Complete Defense Verdict for Union Carbide...
(Source: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) Siding with the arguments of an Orrick litigation team, a Los Angeles jury returned a complete defense verdict on behalf of Union Carbide Corp. and two...
View ArticleAGC of California Takes Position to Help Contractors Reduce Liability...
(Source: Associated General Contractors of California) By: Kate Mergen, Director, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs 2/19/2016 In late December 2015, the appellate court issued a ruling on a case...
View ArticleJury Awards $37 Million in Asbestos-containing Brake Lining Case; Finds...
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A Florida jury has awarded nearly $37 million to asbestos plaintiffs in a brake lining exposure suit, finding Pneumo Abex 75 percent liable, sources told...
View ArticleGoing with the flow - the use of “flow-down” clauses in construction...
(Source: Eversheds LLP) Construction and engineering - Articles 15-10-2015 What is a flow-down clause, and why are they used? The ultimate driver behind any project is the requirements of the employer....
View ArticleFASA’s 2014 Edition of ‘Contingent Payment Clauses in the 50 States’ Answers...
(Source: American Subcontractors Association Inc) News FASA's 2014 Edition of 'Contingent Payment Clauses in the 50 States' Answers 'Pay-If-Paid' Questions 10/09/2014 The Foundation of the American...
View ArticleGraduation 2015: List of area graduates
The following are graduates of Central Kentucky high schools. Each of the names was provided by the school from which the student graduated. Any errors or omissions should be reported to the school....
View ArticleFASA Publishes New Edition of Prompt Payment in the 50 States (American...
(Source: American Subcontractors Association Inc) News FASA Publishes New Edition of Prompt Payment in the 50 States 10/02/2014 The Foundation of the American Subcontractors Association, Inc. 1004 Duke...
View ArticleSubs Are Learning How DOL’s Proposed Revisions to Wage & Hour Regulations May...
(Source: American Subcontractors Association Inc) Subs Are Learning How DOL's Proposed Revisions to Wage & Hour Regulations May Impact Them 06/16/2016 The Foundation of the American Subcontractors...
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