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Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - December 2, 2010

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:28:00 -0400

Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News:

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced that ExxonMobil has agreed to pay $ 25 million for penalties, costs and restoration of areas of Brooklyn that were contaminated as a result of an oil spill; and
More than 10,000 of the claimants eligible to participate in the World Trade Center Disaster Site settlement process in the Southern District of New York have chosen to opt in.

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Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - October 18, 2010

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:00:00 -0400

Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News:

the Supreme Court on Oct. 12 denied a petition filed by a Pennsylvania woman seeking review of a Third Circuit ruling. The Circuit Court affirmed a directed verdict in favor of her mortgage lender and loan servicer in a dispute over an adjustable-rate mortgage loan;
claims that a Pennsylvania hotel unlawfully denied a Connecticut church group accommodations will proceed as a class action. A Connecticut federal judge certified a class made up of members of the Macedonia Church and their relatives and friends who participated in a church trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2004, and were denied accommodations at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center. The church members say it was because of their race; and
the Supreme Court has invited the acting solicitor general of the United States to file briefs regarding the government's

Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - September 22, 2010

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:55:00 -0400

Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not "make" a contractor use the exact backfill material that was used for the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock Replacement Project in New Orleans, nor did it "require" the contractor to select the compaction method that was employed in the project. On Sept. 14, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a lower court's finding that the contractor is entitled to government-contractor immunity in a case stemming from Hurricane Katrina flood damages.

Also, Maryland federal Judge J. Frederick Motz in mid-September reluctantly allowed the mayor and City Council of Baltimore a third chance to amend a lawsuit against Wells Fargo Bank. The city contends the bank's discriminatory and predatory lending practices led to a high number of foreclosures in black neighborhoods in the city resulting in decreased

Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - September 13, 2010

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:02:00 -0400

Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, a unanimous 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on September 3 overturned a $926 million dollar judgment against Rockwell International and Dow Chemical Company. The judgment involved continuing trespass and nuisance claims over plutonium contamination around the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant.

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Neil A. Stein of Kaplin Stewart on Green Project Risks

HBL@litigationconferences.com (HB Litigation Conferences) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:00:00 -0400

Neil A. Stein, a principal of the Philadelphia-area law firm of Kaplin Stewart, has represented landowners, developers, institutions and non-profit groups for more than 25 years in each and every phase of the real estate transaction including structuring, financing, land use approvals, land use litigation, eminent domain and community association documentation. In this clip, Stein answers the question: What are the potential risks associated with green building projects?

Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - Aug 18, 2010

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:16:00 -0400

Saying that a class action settlement of Chinese drywall liability against a retailer is an "end-run" around the federal multidistrict litigation, the MDL plaintiffs have asked the judge to enjoin the settlement. LexisNexis Mealeys Construction Defects editor Gerry Matics is following that story.

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Questions Answered by Joshua Stein, Author of the New Guide to Troubled Commercial Real Estate Loans for Lenders and Borrowers

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:55:00 -0400

The New Guide to Troubled Commercial Real Estate Loans for Lenders and Borrowers is available at the LexisNexis Store

Liability: Why do you say that lender liability, to some degree, is old news?

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Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - Aug 2, 2010

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:38:00 -0400

A Los Angeles judge has held that the constitution does not support a jury's $ 200 million punitive damages award in an asbestos case.

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Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - July 26, 2010

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:39:00 -0400

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in July signed into law a measure aimed at prohibiting insurance companies from dropping policy holders who filed claims based on the presence of defective Chinese drywall in their homes.

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Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - July 14, 2010

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:39:00 -0400

Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, a New York federal judge on July 1 approved a $1.2 billion settlement between property damage claimants and airline companies on claims stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

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Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - June 21, 2010

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:34:00 -0400

Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on June 14 held that an attorney fees award is payable to the litigant; therefore, it is subject to an offset to satisfy the litigant's pre-existing obligation, when a debt is owed to the government, and, a key Chinese drywall manufacturer that had a default judgment entered against it in May finally appeared in court, only to serve notice that it is appealing the judgment.

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Green Building Blogger Shari Shapiro on Energy Regulation, Renewable Energy and Green Building Law, and LEED Decertification

HBL@litigationconferences.com (HB Litigation Conferences) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:29:00 -0400

Shari Shapiro, an attorney and LEED Accredited Professional, focuses her practice on green building law, which includes sustainable project financing, regulatory drafting, land use approvals, contracts, and conflict resolution. Shapiro is the Sustainability Coordinator for Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP's Sustainability Initiative. She's also a prolific blogger (greenbuildinglawblog.com). Shapiro spoke with HB Litigation Conferences' Tom Hagy to create three clips. Here, she answers the questions: What does the future hold for U.S. energy regulation? How will it impact the practice of green building law and environmental law? Click and hear what she had to say.

The GSA's Office of High-Performance Federal Green Buildings (OHPFGB) must move quickly to obligate most of the $4.5 billion it has received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In this video, Mark Bennett of Miller Canfield interviews Kevin Kampschroer, the Director of the OHPFGB, regarding this unprecedented green retrofit investment program.