James Hardie

Kirk Hartley

Oct 25, 2011
1 min

James Hardie Appeal Arguments Are Underway – Should Outside Counsel Have Been a Witness ?

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

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 2, 2010
1 min

More Bad News for James Hardie and Its Asbestos Compensation Fund

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

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Kirk Hartley

Feb 10, 2010
1 min

Hardie and CSR Avoid “Collusion” Charges for Trial This Week

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

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Kirk Hartley

Feb 8, 2010
2 min

James Hardie and CSR – Allegations of “Collusion”

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

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Kirk Hartley

Jan 28, 2010
5 min

Non-Dry Looks at Business History, Including James Hardie – A New Book: “Killer Company&

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

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Kirk Hartley

Jul 16, 2009
1 min

The James Hardie Saga – Tax Regulator Will Gain Access to Asbestos Papers

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

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Kirk Hartley

May 29, 2009
1 min

Update: The Difficulties of Managing Contingent Liabilities – Now James Hardie Is Hit with the

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

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 27, 2009
1 min

James Hardie Judge Did Not Believe the Directors

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...

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 26, 2009
1 min

Opinion/Judgment Regarding James Hardie and Its Private Asbestos Trust

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

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 23, 2009
1 min

Updated – James Hardie – Links to the Opinion/Judgment, the Charges by the AU SEC and a

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

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