| September 2, 2016 |
| New Developments |
| Toward a Defense of Mesothelioma Cases on Causation: Low Doses and Genetics By Mark Zellmer Today’s defendants in asbestos litigation often face plaintiffs’ claims that they have contracted mesothelioma from exposure to low or even doubtful doses of asbestos. If the mesothelioma looks to be spontaneous (idiopathic) or the result |
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| August 9, 2016 |
| New Developments |
| GM’s Ignition Switch Litigation Woes Continue By Shannon Peters “Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in.” That must be what GM’s executives (and counsel) were thinking when the Second Circuit handed down its recent decision overturning portions of the 2015 Bankruptcy Court decision that could have |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) impose a comprehensive and often onerous program regulating the disposal and recycling of hazardous wastes. If you generate a secondary material that would need to be managed as a hazardous waste if you disposed of it, but the…
| August 3, 2016 |
| New Developments |
| Northern District of Illinois Denies Plaintiff’s Motion for Reconsideration in Take-Home Exposure Case By Jen Dlugosz In May 2016, we reported the Northern District of Illinois’ decision in Neumann v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, No. 15-C-10507, 2016 WL 930662 (N.D. Ill. March 10, 2016). Following that ruling, plaintiff moved for |
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued guidance documents for the first updates to the Process Safety Management (PSM) program in more than two decades. Megan Caldwell breaks down the latest guidance from OSHA in this white paper.
Anthony Grice, a Labor & Employment associate in the firm’s Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation group, was honored by the National Bar Association (NBA) with the “40 Under 40 Best Advocate” award at a gala July 18, 2016 in St. Louis.
The NBA 40 Under 40 awards recognize lawyers under age 40 who exemplify a…
| July 8, 2016 |
| New Developments |
| Federal Preemption of Pesticide Failure to Warn Claims By Alan Hoffman In 2005, the United States Supreme Court decided Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC, 544 U.S. 431 (2005), concerning preemption of state law failure to warn claims by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §136 et |
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| July 1, 2016 |
| New Developments |
| Fifth District Ordered to Hear Ford Motor Company’s Appeal on Personal Jurisdiction Motion By Jenna Marie Stupar and Nicho Kelly In November, the Madison County Circuit Court denied a motion by Ford Motor Company to dismiss an asbestos case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court found that Ford’s “substantial” business |
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| June 7, 2016 |
| New Developments |
| Driverless Cars and the Law By Mark Pratzel As driverless car technology evolves, questions continue to arise regarding its legal repercussions. Google, one of the leading forces behind autonomous cars, predicts that they will be available to the public by 2020. Nissan and Tesla are also developing self-driven car technology. And |
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| June 2, 2016 |
| New Developments |
| Southern District of Illinois Rules it Does Not Have Personal Jurisdiction Over Defendant in Asbestos Case By Jenna Marie Stupar This March, the Southern District of Illinois ruled in favor of Defendant The William Powell Company (“Powell”) on its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. [Continue Reading] |
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