Law
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California authorities on Wednesday once again put themselves at odds with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announcing a plan to phase out the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in the state after the federal regulator decided not to ban the chemical… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Winston & Strawn LLP on Tuesday tore into arguments made by a former partner who is fighting the firm’s bid for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a California appeals court ruling that an arbitration agreement illegally limits the lawyer’s statutory rights… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York federal court on Tuesday threw out a case in which a Luxembourg-based construction company sought to force a pair of General Electric units to arbitrate a $500 million dispute involving liquefied natural gas plants, saying the GE units are already engaged in arbitration to contest the arbitrability of the case… Read this…
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Online cosmetics seller Younique LLC has agreed to pay $3.25 million to end a class action claiming the company falsely marketed a mascara product as containing “natural fibers” when it actually had only synthetic ingredients, according to filings made Monday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday threw out a $147.5 million defamation suit brought by Joe Arpaio against The New York Times, saying the former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County had come “nowhere close” to proving a crucial aspect of his case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 