As described here in an Australian newspaper article, the James Hardie appeal is underway regarding disclosure issues regarding its...

Managing legacy liabilities is never easy. For some, it can be a nightmare. Thus, James Hardie and its asbestos compensation fund took...

Here is an article updating this prior post on the effort to amend “collusion” claims against James Hardie and CSR in an asbestos...

The asbestos litigation pot continues to boil in Australia. Over the last couple of weeks, CSR was denied the opportunity to split its...

Back to Australia, asbestos and James Hardie. As described in this prior post, a rather dry paper by KPMG describes the history of James...

James Hardie’s asbestos trust continues to create issues. Here is an article regarding the Australian tax regulator seeking and gaining...

The Australian version of the WSJ has an interesting article by a McKinnsey consultant writing about corporate reputation risk, with the...

Reading the trial judge’s opinion makes it plain he did not believe the Hardie Directors when they made denials or professed a lack of...

The James Hardie opinion/judgment is available here. The link also was added to the prior post containing links to the charges and a...

The Australian SEC – known as ASIC – has posted on its website the charges it filed, and a document summarizing which charges were...