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  1. September 27, 2021

    BASF, Cahill Gordon To Pay $22.5M Atty Fees In Asbestos Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge on Monday granted final approval to a $100 million settlement to resolve claims that BASF Catalysts LLC's predecessor and its former counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP concealed that industrial and commercial talc from a Vermont mine may contain asbestos.

  2. July 23, 2020

    BASF, Cahill Pay $73M To Settle Claims They Hid Asbestos

    BASF and its former counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP have reached a proposed $73 million settlement over claims they concealed that industrial and commercial talc from a Vermont mine may contain asbestos, according to a motion for preliminary approval filed Thursday in New Jersey federal court.

  3. June 20, 2018

    Plaintiffs' Firm Pulled Into Cahill Asbestos Suit Discovery War

    A bitter discovery fight heated up further Wednesday in a suit accusing BASF and former counsel Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP of destroying proof of asbestos in talc from a mine that, in other litigation, is claimed to have been a supplier to Johnson & Johnson, as plaintiffs' firm Cohen Placitella & Roth PC disputed terms governing the handover of its referral deal with a major fact witness. 

  4. January 04, 2018

    BASF Digs For Damages Docs In Asbestos Fraud Dispute

    BASF Catalysts LLC urged a New Jersey federal court Wednesday to compel a proposed class accusing the company's subsidiary Engelhard Corp. of concealing the presence of asbestos in talc products to respond to discovery requests about damages and class certification, rejecting the plaintiffs' argument the request is premature.

  5. November 03, 2017

    Docs Not Privileged In BASF Asbestos Fraud Case, Says Class

    A proposed class in an asbestos fraud action against a subsidiary of BASF Catalysts LLC called on a New Jersey federal court Thursday to determine whether BASF and its lawyers must turn over privileged material under the state crime-fraud exception.

  6. September 22, 2017

    Ex-NJ Justice Can Serve As Master In Fraud Suit, Judge Says

    A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday ruled that a former New Jersey Supreme Court justice and current Ballard Spahr LLP partner will remain the special discovery master in a proposed asbestos fraud class action, rejecting defendants' claims that the onetime jurist has conflicts of interest.

  7. September 07, 2017

    Ex-NJ Justice Says No Impropriety As Master In Fraud Suit

    Former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Roberto A. Rivera-Soto fired back at opposition to his appointment as special master in an asbestos fraud class action in New Jersey federal court, saying in a certification Wednesday that there's no impropriety despite his former and current firms' connection to the parties.

  8. September 05, 2017

    Ruling Delayed On Ex-NJ Justice As Master In Fraud Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday stopped short of deciding whether a former New Jersey Supreme Court justice and current Ballard Spahr LLP partner should remain the special discovery master in a proposed asbestos fraud class action after learning that defense counsel is no longer representing the firm in separate litigation.

  9. September 01, 2017

    Discovery Battle Heats Up In BASF Asbestos Fraud Suit

    A proposed class accusing BASF Catalysts LLC and Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP of destroying evidence in cases alleging BASF talc contained asbestos continues to refuse discovery requests for information about the underlying suits, despite a district judge's order that it's warranted, counsel for BASF told a magistrate judge Thursday.

  10. August 14, 2017

    BASF Wants Ex-NJ Justice Ousted As Master In Fraud Suit

    BASF Catalysts LLC and Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP on Monday again urged a New Jersey federal court to replace a former New Jersey Supreme Court justice as the special discovery master in a proposed asbestos fraud class action against them, saying it should be possible to appoint someone without conflicts.

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