Law
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A Missouri federal judge on Friday shot down a bid by BASF Corp. to get out of a $250 million punitive damages award handed down in the first trial over alleged harm caused by the weedkiller dicamba, saying BASF and Monsanto Corp. would have to share the penalty… Read this piece in its entirety at…
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An Illinois federal judge recommended Friday that stored energy solutions company LiiON LLC face sanctions for discovery violations and other missteps in a $100 million trade secrets case against its former business partner Vertiv Group Corp… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Third Circuit revived a Nicaraguan woman’s asylum petition on Friday, saying an immigration judge had erred in ruling that her claim couldn’t go forward because she hadn’t suffered physical harm during the course of her alleged past persecution… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A state-owned Chinese steel company told the Ninth Circuit it can’t face criminal charges alleging the business stole manufacturing trade secrets from DuPont Co., arguing it’s immune from the charges under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A jury in Miami ordered Johnson & Johnson on Thursday to pay a Florida woman $9 million after finding the consumer products behemoth caused the woman’s mesothelioma by exposing her to asbestos in baby powder it sold, with an attorney saying it’s the first such verdict in the Sunshine State… Read this piece in its…
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