- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Neil Hodge2019-05-13T17:40:00
Mining company BHP is facing a $5 billion damages action in the United Kingdom for its alleged negligence in its duty to prevent the Fundão dam collapse in Brazil in 2015.
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