A New York Supreme Court Appellate Division hearing in June 2013 upheld a New York Supreme Court ruling that found a series of scientific papers commissioned and used by US building products giant Georgia-Pacific (GP) in a bid to frustrate asbestos cancer compensation claims were potentially part of a “crime-fraud.”

Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. v. Georgia-Pacific LLC, No. 9535, 2013 WL 2435565 (N.Y. App. Div., 1st Dep’t June 6, 2013). For a full list of the alleged crime-fraud papers, and details of the case, see: A very particular crime, Hazards 123, July-September 2013.