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Syngenta, Chevron allege 'brazen ethical breach' after discovering deceased plaintiffs actively litigating paraquat claims
EAST ST. LOUIS – Deceased plaintiffs clutter the docket of national litigation on claims that weed killer paraquat causes Parkinson’s disease, according to defendants Syngenta and Chevron.
Biden lawyer counter sues computer shop owner: Hunter data has no 'legitimate concern to public'
WILMINGTON, Delaware – Data on Hunter Biden’s laptop “is of no recognized legitimate concern to the public,” his lawyer claims in a privacy invasion complaint against computer repairman Mac Isaac.
Lois Lerner deposition unsealed: Lincoln worst president; 'Citizens United' worst thing that's happened to country
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – Lois Lerner, whose testimony about Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on Tea Party groups has come out from under seal, said she couldn’t remember stating that Lincoln was our worst president.
Bankruptcy judge sanctions asbestos firms $100 per day for evading questionnaires
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer ordered 330 clients of asbestos firm Shrader and Associates to pay $100 a day starting May 9, as a sanction for failure to answer questionnaires of Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall.
Asbestos lawyers seeking to avoid settlement disclosure lodge personal attack against Koch Brothers
CHARLOTTE (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers who have failed to stop an examination of their settlement history plead that it must stop because the Koch brothers – Charles and David – started it.
SCOTUS nominee granted compassionate release to a man who killed a U.S. marshal on church steps
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown-Jackson granted compassionate release to a man who killed a U.S. marshal on church steps while helping his brother escape from custody.
Bail calculation tool developed by left-leaning philanthropist is widely used across the country
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – John Arnold, creator of Milwaukee County’s bail calculation tool, takes no responsibility for the Nov. 21 Waukesha Christmas parade massacre that left six dead and more than 60 injured.
Milwaukee DA 'lets dangerous' criminals out of jail, former target says
MILWAUKEE – Democrat District Attorney John Chisholm, whose compassion for criminal suspects fatally extended to Darrell Brooks, demonstrated much less care for “John Doe” Republicans whose homes his agents ransacked.
Milwaukee DA acknowledged bail reform policy risked 'inevitable failures'
MILWAUKEE – District Attorney John Chisholm, who says he will investigate how Darrell Brooks gained release on a felony for $1,000 just days before he allegedly killed five people and injured 40 in last Sunday's Waukesha massacre, anticipated possible tragedy in an article for Harvard’s criminal justice school in 2019.
Asbestos lawyers want CertainTeed entity to show its settlements if judge forces them to disclose
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers assert in bankruptcy court that if a CertainTeed entity gains court approval to see their records of settlements, they’ll need approval to see settlement records of defense counsel.
Bestwall wants asbestos lawyers to cough up answers on claims and settlements, prove they aren’t double-dipping
CHARLOTTE – Asbestos lawyers with an opportunity to prove they don’t routinely pull off double recoveries elected not to try, according to tables that Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall filed in bankruptcy court on Sept. 8.
Maune Raichle leveled $402K sanction in Bestwall bankruptcy for pursuing 'egregious' Illinois lawsuit
CHARLOTTE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer laid a $402,817.70 penalty on St. Louis asbestos firm Maune Raichle on Aug. 31, to reimburse a Georgia Pacific entity for defending an Illinois lawsuit the firm filed in violation of an order she entered.
Illinois Supreme Court nixes attempt to force testimony of J&J CEO in ovarian cancer trial
SPRINGFIELD – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Christopher Kolker can’t bring Johnson & Johnson chief executive Alex Gorsky before jurors in an ovarian cancer trial, Illinois Supreme Court Justices ruled on July 7.
GP’s asbestos bankruptcy could get answers on double-dipping in 1,500 claims; Abuse in ‘Garlock’ found testing 20
CHARLOTTE, N.C – Asbestos lawyers want U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad to keep a Georgia Pacific entity from hunting for double recoveries among 15,000 individuals who filed injury claims in trusts and courts.
Second Circuit reinstates jury's fraud verdict against Hunter Biden's former business partner
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court reinstated a jury’s fraud verdict against Devon Archer, former business partner of presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, on Oct. 7.
Mississippi Supreme Court cautiously resolving lung injury claims; objections to jurisdiction, bias and fault ignored
WallerJACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) -Without confronting massive matters of jurisdiction, bias and fault, the Mississippi Supreme Court is resolving lung injury claims one by one.Last year the Court overturned judgments of $15.2 million and $2.6 million, on grounds that let them reject and ignore deeper objections of defendants.In the bigger case, Justices ruled that Jones County Circuit Judge Billy
Jurors' decision in silica claim at odds with Mississippi judge
LAUREL, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Jones County jurors rejected a sandblaster's silica claim eight months ago, but a judge's decision to give the plaintiff a second shot may yet result in a verdict against former sand supplier Dependable Abrasives.
Fannie Mae offers examples of routine dishonesty in its fight against lenders
Michael Williams, president and CEO of Fannie Mae NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Summaries of 24 mortgage loans paint a heart-breaking picture of routine dishonesty that brought down America's house of cards.
Ill. court will hear $17.8M asbestos appeal
Wylder SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Fourth District appellate judges will review a $17.8 million jury verdict from a McLean County asbestos conspiracy trial at oral arguments on Feb. 7.