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A procedural due process claim based on the random conduct of a state actor must allege that post-deprivation remedies are inadequate

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 21 2010

Eva Leavell and her family own or lease hundreds of oil wells in southern Illinois

Bowoto v. Chevron: appellate court upholds jury verdict

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria, USA
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  • September 13 2010

On September 10, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict in favor of Chevron Corporation in a case involving plaintiff allegations that Chevron was complicit in human rights abuses committed by Nigerian security forces in 1998

NRC not required to hold hearing on need for EIS on risks of terrorist attack

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2011

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is not required to hold a closed hearing on its decision to forgo an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the potential effects of a terrorist attack before approving additional nuclear waste storage at a California power plant

Taxes v. fees: not a watertight distinction in California

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2011

On January 31, 2011, the California Supreme Court finally issued its decision in California Farm Bureau Federation v. State Water Resources Control Board

Kiobel v. Shell Petroleum N.V. - Supreme Court will decide whether corporations may be sued under the alien tort statute

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 18 2011

On October 17, 2011, the Supreme Court granted a certiorari petition to review a decision issued by a divided panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Kiobel v. Shell Petroleum N.V

The new era of FCPA enforcement

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
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  • August 29 2011

It has been over thirty years since the U.S. became the first country to pass anti-corruption legislation known as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Damascus citizens for sustainability attack Marcellus shale oil

  • McCarter & English LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 29 2011

No, this is not jihad or the last gasp of a d esperate despot

The alien tort statute: Supreme Court to provide much-needed guidance

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 20 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. to resolve whether a corporation can be a defendant in an ATS case

Seminole Tribe appeals gas-tax decision to Florida Supreme Court

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 4 2011

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has filed an appeal with the Florida Supreme Court regarding the Fourth District Court of Appeals’ decision in Florida Dep’t of Revenue v. Seminole Tribe of Florida, 65 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011

Farmers' advocacy group enters foray against solar energy siting

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 5 2012

On October 31, 2011, the California Farm Bureau Federation petitioned the Superior Court in Fresno County for a peremptory writ of mandate and filed a complaint for injunctive relief to force the County to reverse its recent cancellation of a Williamson Act contract