Environmental Law
- With $1B fee unpaid, plaintiff lawyer who won $18B enviro case is now pro se against Chevron
May 6, 2013, 03:15 pm CDT
- Fertilizer explosion caused some $100M in damage; plant had ‘pathetic’ $1M in insurance
May 6, 2013, 12:15 pm CDT
- Could better regulatory enforcement have prevented deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion?
Apr 19, 2013, 01:02 pm CDT
- Fatal fertilizer plant blast a ‘nightmare scenario’; Texas plant told EPA explosion could not occur
Apr 18, 2013, 01:46 pm CDT
- Lawyer’s $236M verdict against ExxonMobil isn’t her first big win
Apr 16, 2013, 05:35 am CDT
- Did man’s frog phobia help him win $1.6 million verdict in land-runoff case?
Apr 9, 2013, 12:30 pm CDT
- Booted from big enviro case, Covington blames ex-client for not protesting conflict earlier
Apr 5, 2013, 04:36 pm CDT
- Scalia’s dissent: ‘For no good reason,’ courts are deferring to federal agency interpretations
Mar 20, 2013, 11:11 am CDT
- Federal judge sides with whooping cranes in water rights case
Mar 13, 2013, 03:00 pm CDT
- State’s top court tosses $1B punitives award against Exxon in community gas-spill case
Feb 27, 2013, 05:29 pm CDT
- With billions at issue, trial begins to apportion fault for oil spill among BP, its subcontractors
Feb 25, 2013, 01:16 pm CDT
- Judge approves Transocean’s guilty plea in Gulf oil spill
Feb 15, 2013, 05:05 pm CDT
- It’s a golden age for Texas’ oil and gas transactional lawyers
Feb 1, 2013, 05:59 am CDT
- Judge OKs BP plea deal despite objections; pollution case looms
Jan 30, 2013, 11:48 am CDT
- Transocean to Pay $1.4B to Resolve DOJ Criminal Probe, Other Federal Claims re Gulf Oil Spill
Jan 3, 2013, 05:52 pm CDT
- Lawyer with Famous Name Backs Solar Panels in Every Home—and Less ‘Regulatory Red Tape’
Dec 13, 2012, 07:46 am CDT
- King Coal’s Violent Reign: Century-Old Labor Strife Still Raises Constitutional Questions
Dec 1, 2012, 06:10 am CDT
- Wet Behind the Ears: Chicago Aquarium Offers Legal Fellowship
Dec 1, 2012, 05:00 am CDT
- BP Says It Will Pay $4.5B to Resolve Federal Criminal and Securities Allegations
Nov 15, 2012, 11:38 am CDT
- BP Said to Be Near Federal Plea Deal with Record Criminal Penalty
Nov 15, 2012, 07:43 am CDT
- Covington Appeals Law Firm’s Disqualification in Major Minn. Enviro Case Against Ex-Client 3M
Oct 17, 2012, 02:50 pm CDT
- Minn. Judge Disqualifies Covington from Representing State In Big Enviro Case Against Ex-Client 3M
Oct 11, 2012, 06:22 pm CDT
- Judge Approves $37.5M FEMA Trailer Settlement
Sep 27, 2012, 04:25 pm CDT
- Lawyer Loses Pro Se Case Over Backyard Swimming Pool Built Without Permit, Could Be Fined $360K
Sep 12, 2012, 01:31 pm CDT
- Divided Appeals Court Rejects Ethanol Challenge
Aug 17, 2012, 11:13 am CDT
- Oregon’s ‘Rain Man’ Reports for 30-Day Sentence in Rainwater Collection Dispute
Aug 14, 2012, 11:59 am CDT
- A Long Line at Nick Haney’s Law Office After Chevron Refinery Fire in Richmond, Calif.
Aug 10, 2012, 02:41 pm CDT
- Top Calif. Court OKs ‘Stacking’ of Policy Limits, State Could Get $60M More for Waste Site Cleanup
Aug 9, 2012, 05:15 pm CDT
- Law Profs, Rights Groups Back Call for En Banc Review re Pro Bono Lawyer Sanctioned by 9th Circuit
Aug 7, 2012, 08:54 am CDT
- Gibson Guitar Corp. Settles Lacey Act Claim with DOJ Over Imported Wood
Aug 6, 2012, 03:48 pm CDT
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