Appeals court judges asked industry, labor, and health organizations to provide evidence they have standing to challenge an EPA rule designed to reduce health risks from ongoing chemical manufacturing, brake, and other uses of chrysotile asbestos, a known carcinogen.
The state of Florida sued
Litigation boutique Keker, Van Nest & Peters appointed Jamie Slaughter as its new managing partner, the firm announced Monday.
Private equity giant TPG Capital LP escaped some, but not all, claims brought by Endo International Plc’s unsecured creditors for allegedly profiteering from the $8 billion sale of Par Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc.
The Trump administration says its latest climate rollback — delaying the phasedown of highly polluting greenhouse gases used in refrigeration — will save Americans millions of dollars on groceries. Its own economic analysis for the final rule tells a different story.
The US Supreme Court declined to review the validity of a Georgia-Pacific LLC unit’s Chapter 11 filing, which was challenged by people who say their cancer was caused by the company’s asbestos-containing products.
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to take up a dispute between kidney-transplant test makers over whether a jury finding of literal falsity is enough to infer actual deception for damages.
The world’s biggest social media platforms agreed to pay about $27 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis that drained school resources.
The EPA says more than 600 PFAS chemicals are in the marketplace in the U.S. While states are racing to regulate PFAS, while the federal government lags.
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