Cayman Islands planning on releasing GM mosquitoes next week
Additional control measures to combat Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever, are set to begin in West Bay next week. Operational roll-out of a technique involving genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will come a week…
270,000 people oppose GM mosquito trial in Florida
Groups Slam Feds for Weak Review of GMO Mosquito Risks From Center For Food Safety FDA assessment of plan to release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida Keys inadequate WASHINGTON—Public health, food safety and environmental groups including Center for Food Safety,…
GM mosquito expansion announced
From BBC A company producing GM mosquitoes says it is to open a new factory in Brazil as it expand its operations. Small-scale studies in parts of Brazil, Panama and the Cayman Islands suggest engineered sterile mosquitoes can reduce wild…
Judge tosses bid to remove plaintiffs lawyers in GM litigation
By Amanda Bronstad, From New York Law Journal A federal judge struck down a bid to remove lead plaintiffs attorneys in the GM ignition switch litigation, saying the request smacked of “Monday morning quarterbacking.” Southern District Judge Jesse Furman on…
US Jury hears two vastly different portrayals of GM plaintiff
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal Plaintiff Robert Scheuer is either the victim of a heartless General Motors cover-up of faulty ignition switches or a man trying to blame GM for injuries he suffered long before his 2014 car…
‘Bellwether’ Trial to Provide Template for GM Litigation
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal There will be a lot on the line for General Motors Monday when lawyers for plaintiff Robert Scheuer try to prove the car crash that sent him to surgery was caused by a…
GM pact doesn’t mean its legal woes are in the rear-view mirror
By Sue Reisinger, From Corporate Counsel General Motors Co. unloaded a truckload of legal problems Thursday by agreeing to pay $900 million in criminal penalties and $575 million in civil settlements related to an ignition switch defect that led to…
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Cayman Islands Community Events WED JUNE 3 National Workforce Development Agency in Bodden Town The National Workforce Development Agency will be at the Bodden Town Library on Wednesday (3 Jun) from 2 — 5pm. Quiz Night is next Wednesday have…
New bill to create financial rogues’ register makes perfect sense US Outlook
By Andrew Dewson from the Independent UK Some might say that American justice is a little skewed in favour of white-collar criminals. Compare the fate of your average rogue Wall Street trader with that of Junior Allen, a North Carolina…
More conflict than resolution
From The National Law Journal 2014 has been a year of disruption and division, public protests and congressional sparring, notable deaths and departures, and an insistent warning light of more conflict ahead. Discord culminated in the wake of a federal…
