Gibson Dunn lawyers who noted that an expert witness had apparently misspelled his own name in letters to an Ecuadorean court believe the finding may have helped uncover evidence of…
Ralph Nader was among the lawyers who showed up for a party celebrating the release of a book about Americans’ preoccupation with stuff and its impact on the planet.
Those who targeted the teaching of evolution in public schools ran into a legal roadblock: Courts have said singling out evolution violates the separation between church and state.
The Department of Justice has sued 18 lawyers, as well as law firms, manufacturers and insurers, contending that a $300 million settlement agreed to in 2003 in an Alabama environmental…
Water rights and sustainable water use are emerging as major environmental law issues, yet many lawyers are never schooled in the scientific, social and cultural aspects of water resources that…
It is a bright mid-September day. Hal and Judy Graham are sitting in the living room of their restored 19th century farmhouse, which looks out over the still-green rolling hills…
A criminal investigation has been opened into a gas explosion that killed five and injured a dozen workers at a power plant in Connecticut on Sunday, reports the Feb 9, 2010 2:37 AM CST
Caught storing hazardous waste illegally, a Massachusetts company had to pay $100,000 in fines. But perhaps even more painful was the public statement it had to make—“It would have been…
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a utility and a water supply company to intervene in a dispute over water rights between two states.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to issue an injunction that would have closed shipping locks in an effort to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed stricter smog standards that would likely put hundreds of additional counties in violation of the regulations.
Scientists had recommended the proposed new standards before…
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force Illinois to close shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.
After making headlines several months ago by posting a video on YouTube to bolster its defense of an Ecuador-based environmental mass tort case, Chevron is again trying an unusual litigation…
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