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Washington University law dean to oversee BP gulf fund
8/9/2010 4:00 PM By Staff Reports

Syverud

Kent D. Syverud, dean of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (WUSTL) and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, has been named a trustee of the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust.

Thune

Trial lawyer tax break attracts attention of two dozen senators
8/6/2010 7:22 AM By John O'Brien
WASHINGTON - One-quarter of the U.S. Senate has expressed concern that the U.S. Department of the Treasury may be planning to issue an order giving trial lawyers tax breaks on contingency fee lawsuits.
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Kazan

Rand's asbestos report shows lucrative outcome for lawyer trust fund managers
8/5/2010 8:46 AM By Steve Korris
Giants of asbestos litigation hold half the power in seven trust funds that paid $2.4 billion in claims in 2008, according to tables in a new Rand Corporation report.
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Bassett

Bassett to join Williams Venker & Sanders
8/1/2010 9:32 AM By Staff Reports
Williams Venker & Sanders LLC in St. Louis is pleased to announce that Robert J. Bassett has joined the firm as its newest partner.
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Jackson

Critics of EPA's Jackson say she bows to both extremes
7/29/2010 8:27 AM By Justin Anderson
Soon after President Barack Obama tapped Lisa P. Jackson to take the reins at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the agency announced it would be re-reviewing a commonly used farming pesticide - atrazine - and its potential health effects.

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Castleman

Asbestos history laid out in six week trial that ended in deadlock
7/22/2010 10:22 AM By Steve Korris
BLOOMINGTON - Two mesothelioma sufferers fell short of a unanimous jury verdict on their claim that a conspiracy among corporations caused their disease.

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Wylder

Jurors in McLean County asbestos trial deadlocked; Judge declares mistrial
7/19/2010 1:00 PM By Steve Korris
BLOOMINGTON - Two mesothelioma sufferers fell short of a unanimous jury verdict on their claim that a conspiracy among corporations caused their disease.
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Frank

Ban on atrazine would stagger agriculture, experts say
7/16/2010 11:18 AM By Justin Anderson
Critics of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's ongoing re-review of the commonly used pesticide atrazine and pending lawsuits against its makers say the potential ramifications could be staggering if the pesticide was ever banned.
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Williams to replace Proud as federal magistrate
7/15/2010 2:24 PM By Amelia Flood
Stephen Williams, the assistant federal public defender for the Southern District of Illinois has been chosen as the district's newest federal magistrate.
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Magee

Attorneys join HeplerBroom in St. Louis
7/15/2010 12:23 PM By Staff Reports
ST. LOUIS - Thomas J. Magee, a former partner at Moser & Marsalek of O'Fallon, has joined HeplerBroom in its St. Louis office as a partner.
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Murnane

Treasury not commenting on trial lawyer tax break; Tort reform advocate calls it 'laughable'
7/15/2010 11:09 AM By John O'Brien and Ann Knef
WASHINGTON - Tort reform advocate Ed Murnane called a plan to give trial lawyers a contingency fee tax break without congressional approval "laughable."
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