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U.S. District Judge rules on Ralls Corp challenge to President Obama's divestiture order

  • Stoel Rives LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

There has been a new development in the effort by Ralls Corporation, a company owned by two Chinese nationals, to challenge President Obama's

Recent OCI decision upholds FCA liability and emphasizes need to assess business interests

  • Williams Mullen
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 14 2009

A recent district court opinion affirming a jury decision that held Science Applications International Corporation ("SAIC") liable for failing to disclose organizational conflicts of interest ("OCI") that impacted its contracts with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") raises two important issues for government contractors

Damages for delay in awarding a contract and issuing a notice to proceed

  • Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 1 2012

The City of New Orleans advertised for bids for street and utility renovation for certain streets

State coalition sues EPA over failure to finalize PM2.5 standard

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 24 2012

The City of San Francisco has sued the U.S. Department of Transportation alleging that the agency’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was negligent in supervising state regulatory agencies and public utilities, which left gas pipeline operators in California unregulated, and purportedly contributed to a natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion

San Francisco sues DOT over natural gas pipeline explosion

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 24 2012

The City of San Francisco has sued the U.S. Department of Transportation alleging that the agency’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was negligent in supervising state regulatory agencies and public utilities, which left gas pipeline operators in California unregulated, and purportedly contributed to a natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion

Recent opinion provides guidance on climate change, water supply assessments and exhaustion of administrative remedies

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2011

The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently issued a notable opinion, Citizens for Responsible Equitable Environmental Development v. City of San Diego (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 515

Illinois Appellate Court reverses trial court orders requiring owner to place retainage amounts into escrow

  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 28 2010

In Hensley Construction, LLC v. Pulte Home Corporation et al, 2010 Ill. App. LEXIS 233 (2010), the Illinois Appellate Court reversed trial court orders that required owners on two separate projects to deposit retention funds into an escrow account

Owners and developers: keep your eye on Section 106 compliance

  • Stoel Rives LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 21 2011

A recent federal court decision underscores how a federal agency's failure to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act can impact construction projects

San Diego District Court allows the 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink project to proceed

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 7 2011

On June 30, 2011, District Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District of California issued a decision allowing San Diego Gas and Electronic Company (SDG&E) to proceed with its construction of the Sunrise Powerlink, a 117-mile electrical transmission line that will connect the San Diego area with the vast renewable energy resources of California’s Imperial Valley

Challenge to DOD procurement of fuel from Canadian oil sands rejected for lack of standing

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 12 2011

A federal court in Virginia has ruled that an environmental group lacks standing to challenge the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) procurement of fuel from Canadian oil sands