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1. Weyerhaeuser Pollutant Suit Sent To State Court

Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010

A lawsuit accusing Weyerhaeuser Co. and International Paper Co. of unlawful releases of pollutants from an Alabama industrial plant has been remanded to a state court following a federal judge's finding that the inclusion of three individual defendants precluded the exercise of diversity jurisdiction.

2. Labor And Employment Cases To Watch In 2010

Friday, Jan 01, 2010

In 2010, employment attorneys will be keeping an eye on two cases before the California Supreme Court that could impact future overtime class actions, in addition to several major U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Title VII, arbitration and employee privacy.

3. Appleton, NRC Lose Contribution Bid In River Cleanup

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009

Appleton Papers Inc. and NCR Corp. have lost a bid to force more than 20 other companies and governmental entities to share in the cost of cleaning up a Wisconsin river polluted from years of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination.

4. Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Jeff Rosen

Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009

As Western firms and companies seek to capitalize on growth in the rest of the world, we’ll see more multinational transactions: There will be more joint ventures and more multiparty transactions, says Jeffrey J. Rosen, co-chair of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice group.

5. Pilgrim's Pride Could Get $1.65B In Financing

Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009

A bankruptcy court is considering a disclosure statement for a proposed Chapter 11 plan for Pilgrim's Pride Corp. that would allow the poultry producer to emerge with at least $1.65 billion in available financing.

6. Dow, Pharmacia, BNSF Cleared In Minn. Superfund Suit

Monday, Sep 28, 2009

A judge has let Dow Chemical Corp., Pharmacia Corp. and Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. off the hook on a set of environmental and personal injury claims related to dioxin contamination at the St. Regis Co. Superfund site on an American Indian reservation in Cass Lake, Minn.

7. Judge Signs Off On $21M Superfund Site Cleanup Deal

Monday, Aug 24, 2009

A federal judge has granted the U.S. government's request to approve a settlement that calls for Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp. and other defendants to fund a $21 million, eight-year cleanup of a Superfund site in Los Angeles County, Calif.

8. 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison Winnowed

Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009

A federal judge has narrowed a class action that accuses Edison International of offering a 401(k) plan that charges excessive fees, but triable issues remain over whether certain mutual funds were chosen to maximize the amount of revenue sharing for the benefit of the company and not that of plan participants.

9. P&G, Others Cough Up $1.8M In Wis. Cleanup Case

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009

The U.S. government has reached a $1.875 million settlement with 11 defendants, including Procter & Gamble Co. and Union Pacific Railroad Co., over the costs of cleaning up an area near the Fox River in Wisconsin.

10. EPA, 177 Parties Settle Calif. CERCLA Suit For $3.6M

Friday, Jul 17, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators have reached two deals totaling $3.625 million with nearly 200 parties to resolve allegations of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act violations at a California Superfund site.

11. Feds Seek OK For $21M Superfund Site Cleanup Deal

Friday, Jul 10, 2009

The U.S. government has asked a federal judge to approve a settlement that calls for Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp. and other defendants to fund a $21 million, eight-year cleanup of a Superfund site in Los Angeles County, Calif.

12. Class Certified In 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison

Thursday, Jul 02, 2009

A federal judge has certified a class of employees at Edison International who allege that the electric power company offered 401(k) plans that charged excessive fees and engaged in illegal self-dealing.

13. Sens. Aim To Cut Off Black Liquor Tax Credit

Friday, Jun 12, 2009

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have proposed to close what lawmakers and activists call a billion-dollar tax loophole for the paper industry by eliminating paper producers' eligibility for a tax credit aimed at promoting the use of biomass-based fuel.

14. Q&A With O’Melveny & Myers' Eric Rothenberg

Monday, Jun 08, 2009

More environmental law cases are expected as Superfund-like regimes and hazardous waste regulatory systems have been adopted around the globe and we are starting to see tougher enforcement of the same, especially in the European Union, says Eric Rothenberg, director of O’Melveny & Myers LLP's environmental practice.

15. Paper Co., BNSF Fail To Get Superfund Suit Tossed

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Superfund litigation over a wood treatment facility in Minnesota will continue against International Paper Co. and Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co., after a federal judge left it for a jury to decide whether the claims against the companies are barred by a statute of limitations.

16. Lawyers Keep Close Eye On New Ledbetter Rulings

Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009

As courts begin to wrestle with the language of legislation enacted by Congress in January to combat pay inequity in the work force, management-side attorneys fear arguments that expand the law's scope might be gaining sway.

17. Claims V. Dow, Pharmacia Pared In CERCLA Suit

Thursday, Mar 05, 2009

A federal judge in Superfund litigation over a wood treatment facility in Minnesota has dismissed liability and breach of contract claims against Dow Chemical Co. and Pharmacia Corp. that allege they supplied a chemical that contaminated residential properties.

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