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Pharma Companies Expected to Announce $26B Opioid Settlement This Week

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The nation’s three largest opioid distributors have announced that they plan to move forward with a $26 billion global settlement that would resolve ongoing and future lawsuits filed by states, cities, counties, Native American Tribes and other jurisdictions, according to three people familiar with the negotiations, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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WAS THERE ANY SCIENCE TO THIS MERGER?

NewmanFerraraLLP

Newman Ferrara LLP Investigating Officers and Directors of 180 Life Sciences Corp. ATNF) NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Newman Ferrara LLP announced [recently] that it has an ongoing investigation into actions taken by officers and directors of KBL Merger Corp. For more information, please visit the firm website at www.nfllp.com.

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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. The court distinguished the Second Circuit’s decision in City of New York v. Chevron Corp.

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Arbitration at Center of Last Week’s SCOTUS Oral Arguments

Constitutional Law Reporter

” In Circuit City Stores, Inc. ” Because the Court did not define the term “transportation worker,” the lower courts have failed to consistently apply Circuit City’s holding. 333 (2011), and Epic Systems Corp. Adams , 532 U.S. Concepcion , 563 U.S. Lewis , 138 S.Ct.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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City & County of San Francisco , No. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No. Army Corps of Engineer permits for construction of a portion of a proposed methanol refinery and export terminal in Washington (the Kalama Project). Army Corps of Engineers , No. Army Corps of Engineers , No. 19-16439 (9th Cir.

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International child custody, arbitration, dormant commerce clause, and overtime

SCOTUSBlog

But just days before the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear argument in Servotronics , the parties settled and the case was dismissed. In Circuit City Stores Inc. The California courts relied on the Supreme Court’s opinion in Bendix Autolite Corp. ZF Automotive US, Inc. Southwest Airlines Co. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc.

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US Supreme Court declines to hear oil company petitions to move climate change cases to federal court

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The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear five appeals from fossil fuel companies requesting to have their cases moved from state to federal courts. 1441(a) allows a party to remove the case to federal court if they could have first filed their complaint in federal court, known as original jurisdiction. Chevron Corp.

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