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  1. January 30, 2019

    Disbarred Atty's Firm Gets $7M In Dow Nuclear Waste Case

    A Colorado federal judge has ordered class counsel who secured a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. over nuclear waste pollution to hand over $7 million in fees to the firm of disbarred attorney Stanley Chesley, after a settlement in another case stipulated those fees be paid to a firm escrow agent.  

  2. May 19, 2017

    How They Won It: Berger & Montague Persists For 27 Years

    By continuing to press their case against two industrial giants and the federal government in a dispute marked by "scorched earth" tactics, Berger & Montague PC attorneys showed the value of persistence, finally securing a $375 million settlement related to allegations of contamination from the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant after 27 years of litigation.

  3. April 28, 2017

    Judge OKs $150M In Fees In Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Suit

    Counsel for the Colorado residents who achieved a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. and a Boeing-owned former Rockwell subsidiary over nuclear waste pollution secured $150 million in attorneys' fees Friday when a federal judge signed off on the bid.

  4. March 31, 2017

    Class Seeks OK On $375M Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Deal

    A class of residents asked a Colorado federal court on Thursday to approve a settlement agreement in which it would be entitled to $375 million from Dow Chemical Co. and a Boeing Co. unit over claims of exposure to nuclear waste, arguing that the terms were fair and should be the final word in a quarter-century legal odyssey.

  5. February 24, 2017

    $150M Atty Fees Slammed In Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Case

    A member of a class of residents who reached a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. and a Boeing Co. unit over exposure to nuclear waste on Thursday said the class's attorneys don't deserve the $150 million in fees they've asked for.

  6. February 14, 2017

    Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Judge Slaps 3rd-Party Claims Co.

    An "alarmed" federal judge overseeing a $375 million settlement between Colorado residents and Dow Chemical Co. and a unit of Boeing Co. over alleged nuclear pollution said Tuesday class members have been improperly solicited to file claims through a third-party company and instituted preventative measures.

  7. January 13, 2017

    Attys Seek $150M In $375M Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Deal

    Attorneys for a class of residents who reached a $375 million settlement with Dow Chemical Co. and a former Rockwell subsidiary owned by Boeing Co. over exposure to nuclear waste in a 27-year-old class action asked for $150 million in fees in Colorado federal court on Thursday.

  8. May 19, 2016

    Dow, Boeing Unit Agree To $375M Colo. Nuke Pollution Deal

    The Dow Chemical Co. and a former Rockwell subsidiary now owned by The Boeing Co. on Wednesday agreed to pay $375 million to settle a 26-year-old nuclear pollution lawsuit filed by a class of Colorado residents who claimed injuries from exposure to waste from a nuclear weapons facility.