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Baron & Budd's successes in fighting misconduct and demanding corporate accountability often follow years of quiet dedication and hard work. When the result is shutting down a lead smelter, compelling polluters to pay for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water supplies, recouping financial losses caused by securities fraud, or winning compensation for asbestos victims, Baron & Budd is pleased to provide the media with comprehensive information.

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  • Top News
    October 7, 2008

    National Law Journal Selects Baron & Budd as One of Fifteen Firms on “2008 Plaintiffs’ Hot List”

    Dallas - The National Law Journal (NLJ), one of the nation’s most highly respected legal trade publications, has selected Baron & Budd, P.C. to be part of its “2008 Plaintiffs’ Hot List,” a just-released survey of the litigation scene over the past 12 months. Read More


  • Top News
    August 5, 2008

    Better Buses for California School Children

    SAN FRANCISCO (August 6, 2008) Environmental Law Foundation, Our Children’s Earth and Communities for a Better Environment, three Bay Area environmental organizations, and Laidlaw Transit, Inc. agreed to a settlement of a lawsuit, under which Laidlaw will provide California’s school children with newer and cleaner buses. Read More


  • Top News
    May 7, 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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  • Press Release
    February 8, 2010

    Baron & Budd, P.C. Files Class Action Complaint Against Toyota

    Suit Alleges that Toyota Knew, but Concealed, the Risk of Uncontrolled Acceleration

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2010) Baron & Budd, P.C. has filed a class action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (jointly “Toyota”) on behalf of Toyota drivers who have been affected by Toyota’s recent recalls related to sudden unintended acceleration. Read the Complaint. Read More


  • February 3, 2010

    Toyota Recall Breaking News

    This morning, Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a congressional panel that all Toyota owners who have cars affected by the recent recall involving unsafe accelerator pedals should stop driving their cars and take them to a Toyota dealer to be repaired. In response to LaHood’s remarks, Toyota shares declined even further. Read More


  • January 29, 2010

    Louisiana cardiologist sued by Justice Department for False Claims Act violations

    Dr. Mehmood Patel, an interventional cardiologist formerly practicing in Lafayette, Louisiana, has been sued by the United States in a False Claims Act suit asking for treble damages and penalties. The lawsuit claims that Dr. Patel performed medically unnecessary cardiovascular procedures and then billed Medicare for it. Dr. Patel has already been convicted on 51 criminal counts for his fraudulent conduct. Patel received a 10-year prison sentence for performing unnecessary cardiac angiograms, angioplasties and stents. Read More


  • January 29, 2010

    HUD extends help to Chinese drywall homeowners

    The Department of Housing and Urban Development has requested lenders to provide temporary assistance to homeowners with defective Chinese drywall whose mortgages are insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Homeowners who receive such relief would be able to decrease or postpone their mortgage payments until their Chinese drywall problems are remediated. Read More


  • January 20, 2010

    Chinese drywall conference to be held January 29

    A conference for construction, finance, and legal professionals entitled “Tainted Chinese Drywall: Getting Help for Those in Need” is being held in Fort Pierce, Florida on January 29. Read More


  • January 19, 2010

    Drywall-sniffing dogs suggested as cheaper inspection method for tainted Chinese drywall

    Two companies from the Florida Gulf Coast have teamed together to offer an alternative means to inspect homes suspected of containing tainted Chinese drywall: dogs. K-9 inspection dogs, which are routinely used by law enforcement to sniff out drugs and explosives at airports and elsewhere, are being trained to detect contaminated drywall as well. The program’s developer is offering the service for a fraction of the cost of traditional inspection services, which entail cutting and removing samples of the suspect drywall and testing it in the lab. Read More


  • Press Release
    January 18, 2010

    Baron & Budd’s Burton LeBlanc Represents WCI Trustee in Chinese Drywall Insurance Coverage Case

    Baron & Budd attorneys continue to take a leading role in Chinese drywall litigation. When homebuilder WCI filed for bankruptcy, Baron & Budd’s Russell Budd and Bruce Steckler negotiated with WCI to set up a trust to compensate WCI homeowners whose homes are contaminated with toxic Chinese drywall. Steckler was quickly appointed to the WCI Trust Advisory Board to advise the Trustee who oversees the funds. And just recently, Baron & Budd attorney Burton LeBlanc, along with attorneys from New York-based Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. filed suit in federal district in New Orleans on behalf of the Trustee for the WCI Chinese Drywall Trust against WCI insurers. Read More


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