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The International Association of Defense Counsel and NAM (National Association of Manufacturers) filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of Shell's petition for writ of certiorari.
M.C. Sungaila and David Axelrad received a defense verdict in a benzene case for Shell, Chevron, and Unocal. The court rejected the application of the "increased risk" causation standard used in asbestos cases in a toxic tort case where the ability of a chemical to cause the kind of harm claimed is disputed.
Don G. Rushing named by the Daily Journal to the "Top 100 - California's Leading Attorneys of 2010.
Walter E. Judge, Jr., of Burlington, Vermont, has been included in the 2010 edition of New England Super Lawyers.
IADC Substantive Law Committees recently published the following newsletter: Employment Law Newsletter To Compete or Not to Compete? Proposed Changes to Georgia's Restrictive Covenant Law
South Carolina Lawyers Weekly has presented Ellis Lawhorne attorney John T. Lay, Jr., with a 2010 Leadership in the Law award in recognition of his outstanding professional accomplishments, leadership and community involvement.
David J. Beck, a nationally recognized attorney and founder of Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., a Houston-based firm, will be recognized by the Texas Exes at their Distinguished Alumnus Awards Friday, Oct. 22, in Austin.
Stephen E. Darling, a shareholder with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA in Charleston, South Carolina, recently obtained affirmation by the South Carolina Court of Appeals of the lower court’s grant of summary judgment in a wrongful death product liability action.