U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
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Asbestos evidence could soon vanish, with defendants alleging it's part of a cover-up
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The planned destruction of evidence in asbestos cases would keep defendants from finding fraud by plaintiff lawyers, defendants say, as a group of state attorneys general have joined their fight to preserve it. -
Asbestos lawyers fight Bestwall's efforts to show double-dipping
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers are going to court to keep secret their clients’ claims as one company hopes to uncover double-dipping. -
EEOC: North Carolina restaurant allowed employee to be subjected to racial slurs, harassment
CHARLOTTE — A North Carolina barbecue restaurant is facing a lawsuit from the federal government, alleging it did not attempt to stop a black employee from being subjected to racial slurs and harassment by another employee. -
Koch Industries puts Bestwall unit, a small player in asbestos, in bankruptcy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - Koch Industries has put a division of its Georgia-Pacific unit in Chapter 11 bankruptcy after failing to stem a rising tide of lawsuits by mesothelioma victims who attribute their disease to asbestos-containing drywall compound.