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May 6, 2008

MTBE Water Contamination Suit Results in Historic Settlement

Dallas, TX – (May 7, 2008) – Representing 153 public water providers, which includes municipalities, water agencies and private water companies, from 17 states, the national law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced the largest settlement to date with many of America’s leading oil companies over drinking water contamination caused by the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE). The settlement stems from cases pending in a federal Multi-District Litigation (MDL) court in New York established to hear MTBE cases nationwide. Read More

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July 15, 2008

Baron & Budd Principals Named to Public Justice Board of Directors

Russell Budd and Scott Summy To Play Key Advisory Roles in “America’s Public Interest Law Firm”

(Dallas, TX) July 16, 2008 – Russell Budd, president and managing shareholder of Dallas-based law firm Baron & Budd, P.C., and fellow shareholder Scott Summy were named today to the Board of Directors of Public Justice at the organization’s annual meeting. Read More
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July 13, 2008

Government Ill-Equipped to Prevent Medicaid Fraud, Says False Claims Act Expert

July 14, 2008 (Austin, TX) -- In response to last week’s widely reported story about Medicaid fraud by medical supplies companies that billed the government for services prescribed by dead physicians, Patrick O’Connell of Baron & Budd, P.C., also the former head of the Texas Attorney General’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Section, has called for greater support for state and federal legal enforcement bodies in the prosecution of such cases. Read More
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July 6, 2008

Baron & Budd Attorney Denyse Clancy Speaks at International Mesothelioma Program’s First Annual Harvard Medical School Course

DALLAS, Texas (July 7, 2008) – Denyse Clancy, an attorney and shareholder with the Dallas-based law firm Baron & Budd, P.C., spoke at the International Mesothelioma Program’s First Annual Harvard Medical School Course, entitled "Surgery-Based Multimodality Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma." The program was held in Dallas on June 13 and 14. Read More
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June 29, 2008

Prestigious Legal 500 Legal Directory Again Recognizes Baron & Budd as a Leading Mass Tort/Class Action Firm in the U.S.

DALLAS, Texas – Dallas-based Baron & Budd, P.C. has again been selected by The Legal 500 as one of the country's premier law firms in mass tort claims and class action litigation for the firm’s work on toxic tort claims. The directory describes mass tort firms as those who “have the gall to take on corporate America.” Read More
June 26, 2008

Los Angeles Mayor signs off on plan to decrease diesel emissions around the Port of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has signed into law a plan that will set new low-emissions standards for trucks carrying cargo in and out of the Port of Los Angeles. This plan is part of a $1.6 billion clean-air initiative. Read More
June 25, 2008

Beaverton, Oregon will spend almost $3 million to retrofit school buses to cut diesel exhaust exposures

The Beaverton School District, near Portland, will spend almost $3 million—or between $12,000 and $14,000 per bus—to add equipment to 192 school buses that will cut air pollution and dangerous exposures to the particulates in diesel exhaust. The school district anticipates that the Oregon Department of Education will reimburse 70 percent of the total expense as transportation costs. Read More
June 24, 2008

Rusk County, Wisconsin sees three fatalities in one weekend from accidents suggestive of design defects

Three men were killed in three different vehicular accidents in a single weekend in Rusk County, Wisconsin. All three accidents involved vehicle rollovers: an SUV, a pickup truck and an ATV. Read More
June 22, 2008

Volunteers in West Oakland, California working to educate truck operators about the air pollution generated by idling trucks

Citing serious health problems associated with pollutants in Oakland's air and across the Bay Area, several volunteers will hit the streets Tuesday seeking to curb what they say is a serious contributor to the problem: truck idling. Read More
June 16, 2008

Truck driver charged after striking and killing two emergency responders in Onslow County, North Carolina

On June 14, 2008, a county deputy and a volunteer firefighter were struck head-on and killed by a tractor trailer as they stood outside their vehicles while responding to an accident call. Read More

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