Judge Partially Cuts Defendant’s Cost Award After Asbestos-Talc Case Settles

Mealey's (September 14, 2022, 3:50 PM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge on Sept. 7 approved expenses related to an asbestos defendant’s acquisition of deposition transcripts and costs associated with the coronavirus but cut the award by almost a quarter after finding that money spent on teleconferencing and synching deposition recordings with transcripts fell outside federal rules....