Environmental Law

W.R. Grace Redux

By Walter James

The National Law Journal sat down with David Krakoff, wh represented Harry Eschenbach, the former director of health and safety for W.R. Grace?s industrial chemicals group.  The interview is an interesting read on how the case turned in favor of the defense.  You can read the interview here:

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202431910746&src=EMC-Email&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&pt=NLJ.com-%20Daily%20Headlines&cn=20090701NLJ&kw=The%20anatomy%20of%20an%20acquittal%20in%20the%20W.R.%20Grace%20asbestos%20trial&slreturn=1

There is no doubt that the current administration will continue to bring cases alleging environmental crimes; however, based upon the events during and the outcome of the Grace case, one can only hope that the government will be a little more careful in how it indicts and then how its lawyers act duringthe pre-trial and trial stages.

One can only hope.

More later.

As always, feel free to contact me via e-mail at walter.james@jamespllc.com.

WDJiii

Full post as published by Environmental Crimes Blog on July 01, 2009 (boomark / email).