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Wachovia, KPMG Reach $627 Million Settlement With Investors

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) In what Wachovia Corp. shareholders' attorneys are calling the single-largest recovery for claims brought "solely pursuant to" the Securities Act of 1933, the shareholders, Wachovia, certain of its affiliates and...

Published Tue, Aug 9 2011 4:49 PM by Timothy Raub

Filed under: Subprime, class action, lawsuit, emerging issues, settlement, mortgage, securities, In re Wachovia Preferred Securities and Bond/Notes Litigation, Wells Fargo, Securities Act of 1933, Wachovia
Municipal Ban on Tattoo Parlors Facially Unconstitutional under 1st Amendment-Ninth Circuit Holds Tattooing Is Fully Protected/Purely Expressive Free Speech

In a case of first impression, the Ninth Circuit recently addressed whether a municipal ban on tattoo parlors violated the First Amendment. Splitting with several jurisdictions, the Ninth Circuit held that tattooing was purely expressive activity fully...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 1:42 PM by Travis Burchart

Filed under: litigation, lawsuit, emerging issues, 9th Circuit, City of Hermosa Beach, tattoo parlor, tattoing, tattoos, First Amendment, Anderson v. City of Hermosa Beach
DOJ Brief Supports TVA Request that Supreme Court Vacate 2nd Circuit Reinstatement of Public Nuisance Greenhouse Gas Lawsuits

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The federal government on Aug. 25 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a lower court decision to reinstate two lawsuits seeking to limit carbon dioxide emissions, arguing that new greenhouse gas regulations have displaced...

Published Fri, Aug 27 2010 7:21 AM by bettytmorris@yahoodotcom

Filed under: Climate Change, litigation, power plants, EPA, clean air act, GHG, lawsuit, global warming, energy producers, Supreme Court, political question, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, emissions, Air Quality, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Wisconsin, CAA, pollution, air pollution, New York, Xcel Energy Inc., California, City of New York, Southern Co., Connecticut, American Electric Power Co. Inc., American Electric Power Service Corp., New Jersey, Iowa, Vermont, power companies, Rhode Island, Tennessee Valley Authority, Cinergy Corp., public nuisance, nonjusticiable
Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Regulated under Clean Air Act - Environmental Protection Agency Endangerment Finding Upheld

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 29 denied 10 petitions challenging its Dec. 7 determination that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public health and must be regulated under the Clean Air Act. The...

Published Mon, Aug 2 2010 12:15 PM by Samantha Drake

Filed under: litigation, torts, power plants, EPA, clean energy, clean air act, GHG, lawsuit, global warming, Virginia, carbon dioxide, personal injury, methane, sulfur hexafluoride, emission sources, renewable fuels, greenhouse gas, Southeastern Legal Foundation, Peabody Energy Co., perfluorocarbons, emissions, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Ohio Coal Association, hydrofluorocarbons, Lisa P. Jackson, Arthur G. Randol III, Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, environment, Texas, Coalition for Responsible Regulation, nitrous oxide, Pacific Legal Foundation, Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Unprecedented Lawsuit Filed against Al-Jazeera TV in S.D.N.Y. by Victims and Families of Victims of Hezbollah Rocket Attacks

NEW YORK - On the fourth anniversary of start of the Lebanese-Israeli War, 91 American, Israeli and Canadian victims of Hezbollah rocket attacks filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network. The suit, filed July...

Published Sat, Jul 17 2010 4:59 PM by bettytmorris@yahoodotcom

Filed under: litigation, lawsuit, human rights, Hezbollah, punitive damages, Robert J. Tolchin, Lebanese-Israeli War, compensatory damages, Berkman Law Office LLC, Al-Jazeera, Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
Glaxo to take $2.36 Billion Charge to Reflect Settlement of Most Avandia and Paxil Product Liability Cases and Other Legal Issues

LONDON - (Mealey's) GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) on July 15 said it expects to take a $2.36 billion charge against earnings to settle several legal issues, including settling "the substantial majority" of Avandia product liability cases and...

Published Sat, Jul 17 2010 1:41 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: consumer products, litigation, torts, lawsuit, personal injury, Glaxo, drugs & devices, drugs, Mealey’s, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Avandia, diabetes drug, paroxetine, Apotex, Paxil, antidepressant, product liability
Chinese-Government-Controlled Drywall Manufacturer to Appeal $2,600,000 Default Judgment to Fifth Circuit

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) A key Chinese drywall manufacturer that had a default judgment for more than $2.6 million entered against it in May finally appeared in federal court June 10, only to serve notice that it is appealing the judgment and all...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 3:22 PM by Gerald C. Matics

Filed under: litigation, torts, lawsuit, toxic torts, appeal, Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd., Judge Eldon Fallon, Chinese Drywall MDL, Michelle Germano, default judgment, Chinese drywall, Shandong Taihe Dongxin Co. Ltd., personal injury
Supreme Court Accepts Recommendations On Interstate Radioactive Waste Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 1 adopted recommendations by a court-appointed special master in litigation brought by four states and an interstate commission challenging North Carolina's alleged breach of a radioactive...

Published Wed, Jun 2 2010 5:33 AM by Samantha Drake

Filed under: litigation, lawsuit, toxic torts, sovereign immunity, Virginia, waste management, pollution liability, regional waste disposal, Florida, radioactive waste, Supreme Court, unjust enrichment, Scalia, North Carolina, interstate waste, Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Commission, Alabama, Tennessee, hazardous waste
Lawsuit against ConAgra Claims Diacetyl in Microwave Popcorn Butter Flavoring Caused Lung Obstruction

NEW YORK — Wendy R. Fleishmann and Elizabeth Alexander of the national plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Ken McClain of the Kansas City, Mo., law firm Humphrey Farrington and McClain P.C. announced May 6 that...

Published Sat, May 22 2010 7:13 PM by bettytmorris@yahoodotcom

Filed under: litigation, torts, lawsuit, Elizabeth Alexander, Ken McClain, Givaudan Flavors Corp., Wendy R. Fleishmann, bronchiolitis obliterans, ConAgra Foods Inc., lung disease, new lawsuit filing, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, toxic torts, Humphrey Farrington and McClain, diacetyl, Agnes Mercado, has personal injury

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Wachovia, KPMG Reach $627 Million Settlement With Investors

Municipal Ban on Tattoo Parlors Facially Unconstitutional under 1st Amendment-Ninth Circuit Holds Tattooing Is Fully Protected/Purely Expressive Free Speech

DOJ Brief Supports TVA Request that Supreme Court Vacate 2nd Circuit Reinstatement of Public Nuisance Greenhouse Gas Lawsuits

Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Regulated under Clean Air Act - Environmental Protection Agency Endangerment Finding Upheld

Unprecedented Lawsuit Filed against Al-Jazeera TV in S.D.N.Y. by Victims and Families of Victims of Hezbollah Rocket Attacks

Glaxo to take $2.36 Billion Charge to Reflect Settlement of Most Avandia and Paxil Product Liability Cases and Other Legal Issues

Chinese-Government-Controlled Drywall Manufacturer to Appeal $2,600,000 Default Judgment to Fifth Circuit

Supreme Court Accepts Recommendations On Interstate Radioactive Waste Agreement

Lawsuit against ConAgra Claims Diacetyl in Microwave Popcorn Butter Flavoring Caused Lung Obstruction