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FORUM « Speaking in Austin June 20, and Houston June 21 | "Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Risk-Taking" » June 15, 2007Breaking: N.J. high court rules against lead-paint nuisance theory By a 4-2 margin, the court has rejected the effort of Newark and other municipalities to invoke the law of public nuisance against manufacturers that long ago sold the paint (Star-Ledger; Genova). It's been a very bad week for the plaintiff's firms that dreamed up these suits, since only days ago the Missouri Supreme Court ruled similarly on product-identification grounds. More: the defense weighs in. Posted by Walter Olson at 11:17 AM | TrackBack (0) |
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