April 17, 2024
Nearly a year after the fiery crash of a train carrying deadly chemicals, residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, face uncertainty about a wide range of potentially serious health risks from exposure to chemicals including vinyl chloride and benzene.
Residents are unsure whether to stay and risk exposure to carcinogens that have blanketed the area and killed thousands of fish and...
April 11, 2024
Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel is uniting with law firms across North Texas to combat childhood hunger and food insecurity.
During April, the firm’s attorneys and staff are taking part in the North Texas Food Bank’s (NTFB) Food From The Bar challenge to collect funds and non-perishable food items. Last year, the drive raised $132,300, equal to 396,900 nutritious meals to...
April 9, 2024
Five Philadelphia school buildings have closed this year because of asbestos contamination in aging buildings despite officials promising for decades that the structures were safe.
While the Philadelphia school district may be in the headlines, school districts and government entities across the nation face the same leadership challenges to maintain aging infrastructure. About 20% of...
April 4, 2024
Whistleblowers who expose fraud have strong protections from employer retaliation based on a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Murray v UBS Securities.
In a unanimous opinion, the justices held that a whistleblower does not have to prove that their employer had “retaliatory intent” in order to avail themselves of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s (SOX) protections against...
March 30, 2024
Every year, the elite National Trial Lawyers (NTL) organization asks its members to select the very best trial lawyers in the country. For 2024, NTL members selected firm partner Chris Johnson among its Top 100.
Johnson was selected to the NTL Top 100 based on his work on behalf of individuals who have been injured by dangerous and defective products and medical devices, as well as...
March 26, 2024
Public health officials and toxic exposure watchdogs are hopeful that tough new reporting requirements will lead to a greater understanding about how and why Americans continue to be exposed to cancer-causing asbestos.
The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) measures expand reporting and recordkeeping duties for manufacturers and importers of products containing asbestos. The...
March 21, 2024
A long-awaited federal ban on products containing asbestos by the U.S. will save countless lives of workers, consumers and their families, while placing the U.S. in line with most other industrial countries that have already banned the material, attorneys at Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel said Tuesday.
The March 18 order by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) marks the first...
March 20, 2024
Many common consumer products, including nail polish, dish soap and shampoo, contain dangerous chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive or developmental problems, according to a new study.
Published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, the research found more than 100 types of products used for personal care and cleaning that contain at least one harmful chemical. Many...
March 18, 2024
Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel is proud to announce that firm partner Chris Johnson has been elected to represent trial lawyers in Texas on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ).
The appointment to national leadership within the largest association of trial lawyers reflects a career-long commitment by Johnson to promoting professionalism and the highest...
March 13, 2024
Across the country, communities located near manufacturing and industrial sites face elevated risks of toxic exposure, putting nearby residents in greater danger for developing cancer and other serious health complications. Recent assessments by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and city officials in Houston confirm that families living near chemical plants in a Houston-area suburb are...
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