Damages Claims Mount Following Chemical Spill

Headlines • Damages Claims Mount Following Chemical Spill • Recusal Motion in Rare Massachusetts Death Case • Justices Weigh First Amendment Fight Over Union Dues • Conviction Upheld in Import of Unapproved Medical Devices • Seattle In-House Legal Departments of the Year • FTC Lacks Muscle in Fighting Diet Scams • China's Antitrust Enforcement Gets Aggressive • VOIR DIRE: Show of Force • New Chairman at Steptoe Eyes the Future • BP Snipes Away at Oil Spill Settlement Damages Claims Mount Following Chemical Spill The chemical spill that poisoned the water supply for 300,000 customers has prompted dozens of lawsuits, many of them filed by attorneys in Charleston who experienced first-hand the spill?s effects. Read More » Recusal Motion in Rare Massachusetts Death Case A Boston federal judge is weighing whether to convene a second sentencing hearing in a rare Massachusetts capital case—and whether his friendship with a prosecutor’s father-in-law requires his recusal. Read More » Justices Weigh First Amendment Fight Over Union Dues With the future of public employee unions potentially at stake, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case brought by Illinois homecare workers who object to fees charged by a union they don't want to join. Read More » Conviction Upheld in Import of Unapproved Medical Devices A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of the former head of a medical device company on charges of making false statements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More » Seattle In-House Legal Departments of the Year Corporate counsel leading the way in compliance, outside counsel management, diversity and deal work. Read More » FTC Lacks Muscle in Fighting Diet Scams Meaningful regulation, instead of sporadic 'operations,' could significantly reduce consumer fraud. Read More » China's Antitrust Enforcement Gets Aggressive Recent decisions show the government's low tolerance for perceived market manipulation. Read More » VOIR DIRE: Show of Force An appeals court decided not to suppress evidence of tax protester Charles Adams' tax evasion and conspiracy scheme just because IRS agents packed heat during the search. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » New Chairman at Steptoe Eyes the Future With just over 400 lawyers, Steptoe & Johnson LLP is neither large nor small, not wildly profitable or struggling to get by. For new executive committee chairman Philip West, who took the helm Jan. 1, the question now is whether being in the middle is enough. Read More » BP Snipes Away at Oil Spill Settlement Despite a resounding recent setback before an appeals court, BP PLC remains unbowed in its campaign to rewrite its $9.6 billion settlement in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The company continues to chip away at the deal both in the courts of law and of public opinion. Read More »

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