Judicial Panel Consolidates EPA Asbestos Rule Challenges In 5th Circuit

(May 10, 2024, 12:28 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals various challenges to the recent Environmental Protection Agency rule largely banning chrysotile asbestos but providing up to a five-year grace period for certain industries to cease usage....