SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Perhaps the only thing keeping the Democratic supermajority in check in California is the state’s Supreme Court, suggests a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has affirmed a bankrupt company's request for summary judgment, arguing the asbestos claim filed against Placid Oil Company was discharged as claimants were given sufficient notice of the 1987 bar date.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is hearing arguments in a Mississippi case in which some say state Attorney General Jim Hood is trying to circumvent the federal Class Action Fairness Act.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The Wall Street Journal says a federal judge in North Carolina is helping the plaintiffs bar keep information about asbestos trusts secret.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this week to take up a case over President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board could further complicate Richard Cordray's confirmation as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- Bank of America Corp., responding to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's allegations last week that the bank has violated last year's $25 billion nationwide mortgage settlement, says Schneiderman can't sue until the bank is given time to "cure" any potential violations.
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) - On the heels of a Wall Street Journal editorial questioning the motives behind prominent plaintiffs attorney Peter Angelos' attempt to revive 13,000 asbestos claims, the Maryland Attorney General's office said it would not comment on the matter yet.
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) -- Gerchen Keller Capital LLC formally launched Monday, becoming one of the largest U.S.-based investors focused on commercial litigation.
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- When the country's major tobacco companies paid out more than $200 billion in the late 1990s to settle claims that they misled consumers about the health risks associated with cigarette smoking, it seemed as though no other legal settlement could possibly come close in terms of size and scope.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated President Obama's 2012 appointments of three members of the National Labor Relations Board.
Harris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris is reportedly investigating whether increased consolidation by hospitals and doctor groups is upping medical care prices.
Cuccinelli FAIRFAX, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A Virginia judge has reportedly thrown out a lawsuit in which state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sought to make Bank of New York Mellon pay the State nearly $1 billion.
