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...The consortium, which also includes Monroe Capital, agreed to provide $225mn in credit for its assets, in addition to the assumption of “significant liabilities”....
...In 2018, a Missouri jury ordered J&J to pay nearly $4.7bn in damages to a group of nearly two dozen women who claimed their cancer was caused by its talc....
...Since then, the company has struck deals with groups including Pretium Partners, Adams Street and Monroe Capital....
...Juul Labs, the Altria-backed e-cigarette group, must pay $438.5mn under a settlement with dozens of US attorneys-general after their two-year investigation concluded it had “cynically” advertised vaping...
...Lawyers representing talc claimants have applied to Judge Michael Kaplan to throw out LTL’s bankruptcy, arguing the healthcare group is trying to “game the bankruptcy system” and delay justice for cancer...
...Carl Tobias, professor of law at University of Richmond, noted that there was little legal precedent for J&J’s “Texas two-step” manoeuvre....
...But this is an entirely new strategy where the company is trying to shed its liabilities,” said Carl Tobias, law professor at University of Richmond law school....
...In recent days, Virginia’s governor has attempted to remove prominent statues of confederate leaders from a main street in Richmond, the onetime capital of the confederacy, and the Pentagon has been ensnared...
...The asset manager will pay $870m for a controlling stake in New York-based Authentic Brands, which holds the brand rights to Marilyn Monroe and Muhammad Ali....
...By 2013, he was back in Richmond, Virginia, overseeing the company’s core product as general manager of Marlboro....
...Carl Tobias, a professor at Richmond Law School, said there is not a clear line of responsibility. “Liability usually follows some kind of bad behaviour, with a causal link.”...
...Donald Trump has been critical of the EU’s scrutiny of American tech groups, suggesting it should be US rather than European authorities investigating wrongdoing by the technology sector....
...SunTrust has a large presence in Florida and Georgia, and the combined group will become a more formidable competitor to larger rivals in Washington DC, in Baltimore in Maryland and in Richmond, Virginia...
...“As they enter new markets in the US and everywhere else, they are always going to have to contend with regulatory issues of some sort,” said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond in...
...than 3,000 yards and starting every game 2016 Begins anthem protest in pre-season 2017 Becomes free agent, remains unsigned Honours Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, 2017ACLU’s Eason Monroe...
...The 1950s are defined by Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, while the 1960s are associated with The Beatles and youthful protest....
...Advertising group WPP may wish Martin Sorrell, its former boss, was so bound now that he has left and started outbidding it for assets....
...The handling of the incident has damped the already-low perception of Tesla’s board in the eyes of the investment community, a group the company desperately needs to win back if it is to be able to raise...
...The first issue featured Marilyn Monroe as the centrefold....
...The lawsuit was brought by the City of Monroe Employees’ Retirement System in Michigan, a Fox shareholder....
...Uber “have so destroyed their reputation with the judge”, said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond law school....
...“I think Apple did a great job of managing expectations,” says Jay Wright, head of Vuforia, an AR development platform owned by software group PTC....
...“David Boies masterfully persuaded the Court of Claims judge to rule in his client’s favour,” said Carl Tobias, Williams Chair in Law at the University of Richmond....
...In exchange for the commitment to buy loans, the investor group will receive warrants to buy Prosper shares....
...Late last year, voters in Mountain View and Richmond backed rent control. Other local cities are weighing up similar proposals....
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