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US Appeals Court Upholds Methane Emissions Rule

02.08.2017 - A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, at the end of July handed Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), another setback in his...

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UK Supreme Court Upholds Lily Alimta Patent

14.07.2017 - The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of US drugmaker Eli Lilly in a patent dispute with generics producer Actavis, now owned by Israel’s Teva, over the cancer drug Alimta. The...

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Dow Loses key Dioxin Case in Michigan

08.06.2017 - Property owners in the US state of Michigan have won what is being called a” key decision” against Dow Chemical in their long-running litigation over dioxin contamination along the...

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Russia and Exxon Seek to Resolve Tax Dispute

05.05.2017 - A Stockholm, Sweden, arbitration court has postponed a hearing in a tax dispute between the Russian finance ministry and US oil and petrochemials ExxonMobil while the disputing...

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US Court Reopens 5,000 Fosamax Lawsuits

29.03.2017 - The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has ruled that 5,000 lawsuits brought by patients taking Merck & Co.’s osteoporosis drug Fosamax (alendronate)...

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CEFIC Sees “Dangerous Precedent” in ECJ Ruling

28.11.2016 - A ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Nov. 23 that could facilitate public access to business information submitted by companies for EU substance and product...

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J&J Loses Another Cancer-Related Lawsuit

04.05.2016 - US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson plans to appeal a US jury’s award of $55 million in damages to Gloria Ristesund, who blamed her ovarian cancer – now in remission – on the...

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Solvay Wins Rare Earths Patent Cases

14.04.2016 - A court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has ruled that UK-based Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides has infringed Solvay’s patents for rare earth mixed oxides. The UK affiliate of the Colorado, US...