Asbestos

Center for Asbestos Related Disease Continues FREE Asbestos & Lung Cancer Screenings

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Employment, Lung cancer, Smoking, CARD, CDC, Health insurance marketplace, Autoimmune disease, Patient, Asbestos, Medical imaging

LIBBY, Mont., Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) in Libby, Montana continues with the organization's outreach efforts to extend free community asbestos health and lung cancer screening programs.

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  • LIBBY, Mont., Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) in Libby, Montana continues with the organization's outreach efforts to extend free community asbestos health and lung cancer screening programs.
  • Each year, the CARD Clinic provides free screenings to more than 500 people for asbestos related lung diseases and over 500 more for lung cancer screening.
  • These important programs are funded through a federal grant awarded to CARD by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
  • Participation in CARD's asbestos health screening and lung cancer screening programs is free for those who qualify.

Six Lanier Law Firm Attorneys Honored on List of Nation’s Top 500 Lawyers

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Legal, Professional Services, Lawyer, Asbestos

Six attorneys from The Lanier Law Firm have been named to the list of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2024, each in the practice area of Plaintiff Mass Torts Litigation.

Key Points: 
  • Six attorneys from The Lanier Law Firm have been named to the list of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2024, each in the practice area of Plaintiff Mass Torts Litigation.
  • The prestigious list acknowledges the top attorneys in the nation, encompassing dealmakers, plaintiff advocates, business litigators, and lawyers involved in significant corporate liability cases.
  • Lawdragon compiles these honorees through editorial research, submissions, and nominations, and the attorneys featured in this year's list hail from more than 100 law firms nationwide.
  • The following Lanier Law Firm attorneys were selected to this year’s Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list:

Legal-Bay Pre-Settlement Funding Reports Johnson & Johnson Talc Powder Settlement of $700MM with 40 States Nationwide

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Monday, January 22, 2024
Hail Mary, Health, Injury, Cancer, Fraud, Inferior vena cava, Talc, Mesothelioma, Johnson & Johnson, Bankruptcy, Ovarian cancer, Starch, Personal injury, Asbestos, Public opinion, J&J, Insurance

TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announced today that Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $700MM settlement with various state regulators across the country.  J&J has agreed to over $300MM above the $400MM that the company had reserved for this particular case. This first major settlement comes in conjunction with a dispute with its own shareholders, including a large fund in San Diego that determined J&J's concealment is tantamount to securities fraud – an opinion which a New Jersey Judge recently certified.

Key Points: 
  • TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announced today that Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $700MM settlement with various state regulators across the country.
  • J&J attempted a bankruptcy filing and a $9 billion offering to resolve that litigation, but the amount was rejected as unlawful.
  • The proposal by J&J would essentially provide the average settlement amount of each talc case to be approximately $150K per—a figure woefully short considering the severity of the victims' injuries.
  • Their loan for settlement funding programs are designed to provide immediate cash in advance of a plaintiff's anticipated monetary award.

Fairfax Completes US$200,000,000 Re-Opening of 6.000% Senior Notes Due 2033

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Friday, January 12, 2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio, Insurance, Annual report, Failure, Government, Fairfax Financial, EDGAR, Sale, Note, Investment, TSX, Risk management, COVID-19, Regulation, Asbestos, FFH, United, Security (finance)

TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) has completed its previously announced offering of an additional US$200,000,000 of its 6.000% Senior Notes due December 7, 2033 (the “Notes”).

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) has completed its previously announced offering of an additional US$200,000,000 of its 6.000% Senior Notes due December 7, 2033 (the “Notes”).
  • Together with the previously issued US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of notes of this series (the “Original Notes”), there is US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of notes of this series outstanding.
  • In connection with the closing of the offering, Fairfax entered into a customary registration rights agreement.
  • Such forward-looking statements may include, among other things, the intended use of net proceeds from the offering of the Notes and the Original Notes.

Fairfax Announces Pricing of Re-Opening of 6.000% Senior Notes Due 2033

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio, Insurance, CUSIP, Annual report, Failure, Originality, Government, Fairfax Financial, EDGAR, Sale, Investment, TSX, Risk management, COVID-19, Regulation, Asbestos, FFH, United, Security (finance)

TORONTO, Jan. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) announces that it has priced a private offering of an additional US$200,000,000 of its 6.000% Senior Notes due December 7, 2033 (the “Notes”) at an issue price of 100.998%, plus accrued interest.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Jan. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) announces that it has priced a private offering of an additional US$200,000,000 of its 6.000% Senior Notes due December 7, 2033 (the “Notes”) at an issue price of 100.998%, plus accrued interest.
  • Fairfax currently has outstanding US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of notes of this series (the “Original Notes”).
  • The Notes will have the same terms as the Original Notes, except for the issue date and the issue price, and will form part of the same series as the Original Notes, including with respect to interest payments.
  • The issue price for the Notes will include an aggregate amount of US$1,166,666.67 of accrued interest from December 7, 2023, the issue date of the Original Notes, to but excluding the settlement date of the Notes.

Kelly-Moore Paints Announces Plan for Orderly, Out-of-Court Wind-Down of Company Operations

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Friday, January 12, 2024
Architecture, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Other Manufacturing, Chemicals, Plastics, Other Construction & Property, Manufacturing, Residential Building & Real Estate, Paid time off, Sale, Asbestos, Investment, Acquisition

Kelly-Moore Paints (“Kelly-Moore” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company plans to immediately cease operations and commence an orderly, out-of-court wind-down of substantially all its business.

Key Points: 
  • Kelly-Moore Paints (“Kelly-Moore” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company plans to immediately cease operations and commence an orderly, out-of-court wind-down of substantially all its business.
  • At the time, the Company had a number of interested investors with which it was working, in hopes of allowing for a return to full operations.
  • Since then, the Company has continued actively seeking new capital to enable a turnaround, with assistance from financial advisor Houlihan Lokey.
  • Unfortunately, none of the interested investors has stepped forward with a Letter of Intent, and the Company has not secured the additional funding needed to continue operations.

ComEd Receives Premier Industry Awards for Equity-Centered Energy Efficiency and Electrification Programs

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Residential Building & Real Estate, Alternative Energy, Construction & Property, Energy, Sustainability, Small Business, Professional Services, Philanthropy, Seniors, Environment, Urban Planning, Family, Other Philanthropy, Other Energy, Consumer, Utilities, EEE, Cooking, Public housing, Safety, Occupational safety and health, Risk, Investment, Commonwealth Edison, Conference, Common, Asbestos, Renewable energy

The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) announced ComEd is being honored with dual Inspiring Efficiency Awards.

Key Points: 
  • The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) announced ComEd is being honored with dual Inspiring Efficiency Awards.
  • The awards recognize innovative programs that help income-eligible customers and businesses in low-income communities across northern Illinois take advantage of energy-efficiency and electrification offerings that can help them manage energy bills and support the environment.
  • MEEA named ComEd a recipient of its Innovation Award for the energy company’s cross-function collaborations with new and existing industry organizations to launch a number of electrification offerings for a wide range of customers and businesses, including a new comprehensive home electrification offering for income-eligible customers.
  • Winners will be presented with awards during MEEA’s Midwest Energy Solutions Conference, Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, in Chicago.

High Interest Rates Are Millennials' No. 1 Barrier to Homeownership, According to New Survey

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Millennials, Asbestos, Research, Common

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 93% of millennials say the real estate market has impacted their home-buying plans, and 76% are concerned it will get worse for buyers before they buy a home, according to new research from Real Estate Witch, an online publication owned by Clever Real Estate that connects readers with expert real estate advice.

Key Points: 
  • 96% of millennials say high interest rates have affected their home-buying plans, and 70% say inflation has affected their plans.
  • Half of millennials (50%) who plan to buy a home before the end of 2024 say high interest rates are a barrier to homeownership, and 67% regret not purchasing a home when rates were lower.
  • Millennials may be willing to accept a high interest rate because 68% plan to refinance if rates decrease.
  • Common regrets include a less-than-ideal location (27%), problematic neighbors (26%), and high interest rates (25%).

City & State Magazine Names The TASC Group #44 on New York's Political PR Power 75 List

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Social responsibility, United Way, New Yorker, PRSA, City, TASC, Business Insider, Financial Times, Government, City & State, PR, Johnson & Johnson, Politics, Georgia-Pacific, Social, Asbestos, State Magazine, The New York Observer

NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The TASC Group, an independent, nonprofit communications and public relations firm, was recognized as one of New York State's most notable public relations agencies by City & State Magazine. The Political PR Power 75 is an annual list that recognizes communicators, PR agencies and political leaders most active in the state's sphere of politics and government.

Key Points: 
  • The Political PR Power 75 is an annual list that recognizes communicators, PR agencies and political leaders most active in the state's sphere of politics and government.
  • For over 20 years, The TASC Group has provided comprehensive communications services to a wide range of advocacy-driven clients.
  • "We are honored to be recognized as one of City & State's Political PR Power 75," said Rida Bint Fozi, president of The TASC Group.
  • In addition to the Political PR Power 75 list, City & State recognized Rida Bint Fozi as one of 2023's Responsible 100 .

Center for Asbestos Related Disease Pilot Program Update

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
CARD, Snow, Patient, User experience, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Documentation, Housekeeping, Care Act 2014, Asbestos, Health care, Health insurance

LIBBY, Mo., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to recent changes made over the past few months, the Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) would like to clarify a few things regarding the Medicare Pilot Program for Asbestos Related Disease (MPPARD), more commonly known simply as the Pilot Program.

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  • LIBBY, Mo., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to recent changes made over the past few months, the Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) would like to clarify a few things regarding the Medicare Pilot Program for Asbestos Related Disease (MPPARD), more commonly known simply as the Pilot Program.
  • Since its inception, the Pilot Program has been administered by Noridian.
  • However, Noridian is still providing all the same services that they always have under the Pilot Program and patients can contact Noridian directly to obtain services.
  • For help enrolling in the Pilot Program:  Call 1-888-469-9464 (Customer Contact Center open
    For help submitting a claim to Pilot:  Fax to 1-888-482-3128 or Mail claims: