In The News Today – December 4, 2014

Despite strong business community opposition, a plaintiffs’ bar-backed bill in Illinois that lifts a 10-year statute of limitations on filing asbestos suits in the state has passed in the General Assembly and heads to lame duck Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. (Madison-St. Clair Record)

Takata Corp. senior vice president for global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, told a congressional panel yesterday that “his company’s testing still hadn’t uncovered evidence that would support National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s” call for a nationwide recall. (Law360)