Faulting Lawyers, N.J. Judge Voids Congoleum’s Pact With Asbestos Claimants (Law.com)
A New Jersey judge has ruled that Congoleum’s insurance carriers don’t have to fund a $500 million settlement with the company’s asbestos claimants because it was a bad-faith deal engineered by lawyers acting collusively. The settlement had been the centerpiece of a prepackaged Chapter 11 petition designed to protect the company from claims arising from its use of asbestos before 1983. But the …

Coyotes thriving in big cities, suburbs (MSNBC)
Forget Wile E. Coyote’s hapless pursuits in the cartoon wasteland. His real-life kin are prowling the U.S.’s concrete jungles, and they are anything but a laughing matter.

Falwell memorabilia hit eBay (AP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of items related to the Rev. Jerry Falwell have been put up for sale on eBay since the televangelist’s death two weeks ago, including an autographed bobblehead doll that went for $145.

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