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Kirk Hartley

Apr 23, 20093 min read

James Hardie Directors Lose Charges of Securities Violations in Connection with Statements Regarding

Not a good week for James Hardie. This week the news is that it will not fund an expected shortfall of cash in its asbestos trust, and...

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 22, 20091 min read

James Hardie Judgment Due Today Regarding Criminal Prosecution and Asbestos Expense Disclosures &#82

Press reports indicate that a judgment is due out later today regarding the Australian “SEC”s criminal prosecution of directors of James...

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 10, 20093 min read

Asbestos Litigation Data – Navigant Database

This post follows up on a prior post that described the Manville asbestos trust halting its prior practice of licensing its claims data...

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 8, 20094 min read

19 States File Amicus Brief to Oppose Broad Preemptive Orders Issued By Asbestos Bankruptcy Courts &

This post follows up on the amicus brief mentioned in yesterday’s post regarding the GIT asbestos chapter 11 case that is set for oral...

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 7, 20098 min read

More on Manville/Travelers and Another Asbestos Bankruptcy Appeal – The GIT Case in the Third

The Travelers/Manville case pending before the Supreme Court is only one of the asbestos Chapter 11 cases pending in federal appellate...

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Kirk Hartley

Mar 30, 20091 min read

Link to Transcript from Oral Argument in Travelers/Manville Asbestos Bankruptcy Case

The oral argument transcript is availble here. #AsbestosBankruptcy #AsbestosTrusts #ConstitutionalLawMassTortLaw #MassTortIssues #Asbestos

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Kirk Hartley

Mar 30, 20092 min read

Mass Tort Bankruptcies – Key Issues Raised Today in SCOTUS in the Travelers/Manville Asbestos

Updated: An April 6 blog entry by Alison Frankel includes a letter from Cozen O’Conner responding to Mr. Ostrager. Today’s oral argument...

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Kirk Hartley

Mar 27, 20091 min read

American Plaintiff’s Lawyers Seeking New Markets Target Global Shipyards for Claiming, Includi

Are American lawyers going abroad to seek out new asbestos claimants? Of course they are. Like any business person, they are seeking new...

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Kirk Hartley

Mar 11, 20093 min read

Update – Manville Trust Explains Actions Regarding Not Collecting Social Security Numbers from

A prior post on this blog (March 6, 2009) provided information regarding the Manville Trust 1) reducing data available from the trust and...

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