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• Ill. SC: Moving train an obvious danger

  By Bethany Krajelis | Monday, Sep 24, 2012 @ 10:00am

  Freeman SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Saying that a moving train presents an obvious danger, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a $3.9 million jury award against a trio of railroad companies.

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• NLRB arbitration ruling appealed

  By Michael P. Tremoglie | Friday, Mar 9, 2012 @ 12:11pm

  NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) -- The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements that contain clauses prohibiting employees from pursuing class or collective actions is a violation of federal labor law.

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• Asbestos firm appealing ruling to U.S. Supreme Court

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Apr 5, 2011 @ 2:22pm

  Peirce WHEELING, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - An asbestos law firm has indicated that it will appeal a ruling in the fraud lawsuit against it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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• No full review ordered in asbestos firm's fraud case

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 @ 1:42pm

  Peirce RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has denied a Pittsburgh asbestos law firm's request for a full rehearing of an issue in the fraud case against it.

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• Asbestos firm wants Fourth Circuit to review fraud case ruling

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011 @ 2:30pm

  Peirce RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A Pittsburgh law firm accused of conspiring to fabricate asbestos claims wants a full panel of appellate judges to review a ruling that reinstated the fraud case against it.

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• Fraud case against Pittsburgh asbestos firm given new life

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, Dec 30, 2010 @ 1:45pm

  Robert Peirce RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reinstated a fraud case filed by CSX Transportation against a Pittsburgh law firm.

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• Dodd-Frank reform law invites new litigation opportunities against mortgage lenders

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Aug 26, 2010 @ 9:15am

  Taft WASHINGTON -- Homeowners gained leverage for litigation against mortgage lenders through the financial reform law Congress passed this summer.

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• CSX: Asbestos firm wants Fourth Circuit 'left in the dark'

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Aug 13, 2010 @ 1:58pm

  Robert Peirce RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - CSX Transportation says the dismissal of 1,400 asbestos cases in West Virginia has everything to do with its fraud case against a Pittsburgh law firm.

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• CSX points at 1,400 dismissals in fraud case against law firm

  By John O'Brien | Monday, Aug 9, 2010 @ 3:00pm

  Robert Peirce RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - CSX Transportation is drawing attention to the recent dismissal of 1,400 asbestos cases in West Virginia as it tries to jumpstart its fraud case against a Pittsburgh law firm.

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• Final approval hearing for Big Sky settlement set Monday

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Jul 12, 2010 @ 10:34am

  Stack EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack is set to give the final go-ahead to a $21 million settlement in a long running class action suit brought by small business owners against AT&T.

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• Paper explores medical monitoring in Illinois

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 @ 10:11am

  Herbert Zarov CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Allowing medical monitoring claims in Illinois would be a risky move if the state Supreme Court ever decides to, a paper recently published in the DePaul University Journal of Health Care Law says.

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