NSW rules out changes to asbestos law

The New South Wales Government has ruled out changing a law which reduces compensation payments to the widows of asbestosis victims.

California Mesothelioma Attorney to Attend Harvard Conference on Asbestos Cancer

One of the nation’s leading mesothelioma attorneys will head to Boston in less than two weeks to attend the Asbestos Related Pulmonary Disease Conference offered through the Harvard Medical School. Deborah Schweizer, longtime partner with the mesothelioma law firm of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason, is dedicating to fighting for the rights of clients diagnosed with asbestos cancers and ...

Hardie chiefs' lesson in disclosure

Trying to avoid a ''poison pill'' backfired.

Bitter taste for board that tried to avoid 'poison pill'

It has taken more than a decade to find that the directors breached their duty by approving a false statement, writes Leonie Lamont.

Who's Who in the John Edwards Trial

John Edwards Trial: Meet the Key Players in Tale of Sex, Corruption and Politics

The shameful legacy of James Hardie

Garry Nye and John Boyd Reid came from the polar extremes of Sydney's social strata. The pair never met. But they did have at least one common interest.