FOR THE RECORD - July 19, 2009

Pesticide cases: A July 12 article in Section A described the unraveling of lawsuits brought against U.S. corporations by Nicaraguan men alleging chemical exposure left them sterile. The article said that a ruling by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge finding fraud in the cases was having an effect on suits pending elsewhere in the country, including some in Florida. The article said the judge’s ruling “implicates Provost and Umphrey, a Texas law firm representing plaintiffs in the Florida case along with Podhurst Orseck, in the alleged fraud.” Podhurst Orseck, a firm based in Miami, is representing plaintiffs in Florida along with the Texas firm. The judge’s ruling did not implicate Podhurst Orseck along with Provost and Umphrey.