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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

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

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

Plaintiff Expert Excluded by Eleventh Circuit in First Seroquel MDL Bellwether

ATLANTA - (Mealey's) The sole causation expert for the first bellwether plaintiff in the Seroquel multidistrict litigation failed to rule out other causes of weight gain and diabetes, a panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 7...

Published Thu, Apr 8 2010 10:42 AM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, Seroquel, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, emerging drugs & devices, 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Liknda Guinn, Daubert, Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, expert admissibility, torts, Linda Guinn v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

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

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

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

Plaintiff Expert Excluded by Eleventh Circuit in First Seroquel MDL Bellwether