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Del. AG announces permit suspension for resource recovery facility

May 3, 2013 12:49 PM
By Bryan Cohen

DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden announced the suspension on Thursday of a permit that allowed a resource recovery facility to accept, process and recycle demolition and construction waste. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental … Read More »

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Obama nominates N.C. Congressman to head federal agency overseeing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

May 2, 2013 10:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he plans to nominate a new director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority. The FHFA is the agency that manages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac following the 2008 financial crisis. … Read More »

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Del. SC hears Kuwaiti investment contract case

May 2, 2013 9:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) — The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a Kuwaiti firm’s appeal of a lower court ruling denying it the protection of Kuwaiti law over an investment contract that was negotiated and signed in the country … Read More »

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Del. SC rules against employers in case over workers’ comp benefits

April 24, 2013 1:30 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) — The Delaware Supreme Court, in a ruling earlier this month, sided with a group of injured workers in a case over their workers’ compensation benefits. Claimants Cecil Palomino, Salvador Avila-Hernandez and Julio Munoz were each … Read More »

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Multi-state coalition urges U.S. SC to let EPA reduce air pollution

April 24, 2013 11:36 AM
By Bryan Cohen

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Tuesday that a 10-state and five-city coalition filed a court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate an air pollution reduction regulation. Schneiderman is leading the coalition … Read More »

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Delaware AG annnounces program to assist manufactured homeowners

April 16, 2013 1:24 PM
By Bryan Cohen

DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden announced Monday that manufactured homeowners will be able to participate in foreclosure prevention programs through the new Manufactured Housing Assistance Program. The MHAP is now available for manufactured homeowners through … Read More »

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Companies ask Del. SC to dismiss lawsuit over banned pesticide

April 15, 2013 10:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) — Last week, attorneys for Dow Chemical Co. and Dole Food Company Inc. asked the Delaware Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit against them over a now-banned pesticide that has been linked to sexual and reproductive … Read More »

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AGs want head of federal housing agency replaced

March 18, 2013 11:52 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A group of nine state attorneys general are calling for new, permanent leadership at the federal agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The coalition, headed up by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Massachusetts … Read More »

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Delaware officials announce new cyberbullying policy

March 15, 2013 12:49 PM
By Bryan Cohen

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and Lt. Governor Matt Denn have announced a new school cyberbullying policy took effect this week after a year of fact gathering, lawmaking, public comment and hearings. Last spring, Biden … Read More »

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House looks at asbestos claim transparency bill

March 14, 2013 7:08 AM
By Jon Campisi

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The button pinned to the wheelchair-bound woman’s sweater said it all: “Asbestos caused my cancer.” The constituent was one of three people with asbestos-related disease who attended a House subcommittee meeting Wednesday designed to address H.R. … Read More »

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