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  Virginia doesn't want one of Bloomberg's environmental prosecutors sent to its AG's office

  By Charmaine Little | Thursday, Mar 14, 2019 @ 6:25am

  RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – Virginia’s two houses of its General Assembly have taken a stand against Bloomberg Philanthropies' attempt to hire environmental activist lawyers to sue major companies such as Exxon and Chevron over global warming.

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  Whistleblowers get more thanks to Virginia Supreme Court ruling

  By Randy Tucker | Tuesday, Aug 21, 2018 @ 8:35am

  RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – The Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that ruled that in a Medicaid qui tam case, the relator is eligible for 28 percent of the gross proceeds of the settlement.

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  EPA settles with owner of Hidden Lane Superfund Site in Virginia

  By Mark Iandolo | Monday, May 8, 2017 @ 12:52pm

  PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced May 3 that Persimmon Lane LLC has settled with the agency and the commonwealth of Virginia. The company will help fund the cleanup of the Hidden Lane Superfund site, a 150-acre property in Sterling, Loudon County, Virginia.

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  DuPont settles for $50 million with U.S., Virginia after alleged environmental damage

  By Mark Iandolo | Tuesday, Dec 20, 2016 @ 10:06am

  HARRISBURG, Va. (Legal Newsline) — The Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior and the Commonwealth of Virginia announced Dec. 15 a proposed settlement with DuPont valued at an estimated $50 million.

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