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Supreme Court agrees to hear greenhouse gas case

Dechert LLP
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USA
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December 20 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will indeed hear the challenge to a court of appeals decision allowing several states to pursue a public nuisance suit against various utilities for their greenhouse gas emissions

Class rep who dismisses individual claim lacks standing to appeal denial of certification

Dechert LLP
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USA
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April 19 2011

A proposed class representative who voluntarily dismisses his individual claims lacks standing to appeal the denial of certification of the class claims, according to the Fourth Circuit

Climate change case

Dechert LLP
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USA
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February 8 2011

A quick update to one of the key climate change cases pending in the federal courts

Supreme Court hears oral argument in Second Circuit "global warming" case

Dechert LLP
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USA
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April 25 2011

We have posted before about the climate change or so-called global warming litigation

Plaintiff's constitutional challenge to EMFs rejected

Dechert LLP
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USA
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April 28 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit last week upheld the trial court's dismissal of a plaintiff's allegations that several utilities exposed her to high levels of electromagnetic fields in violation of the U.S. Constitution

A picture worth a thousand words under Twombly?

Dechert LLP
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USA
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August 12 2011

We have posted about plaintiffs attorneys seeking to exploit the valuable and significant economic boon that is hydraulic fracturing

Plaintiffs attacking Fiji's green water sing the blues

Dechert LLP
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USA
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June 7 2011

A California appeals court last week affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action in which plaintiffs accused Fiji Water Co. LLC of improperly promoting its bottled water

Dukes applied to reconsideration of class certification

Dechert LLP
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USA
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July 25 2011

A state court recently denied the motion of a group of Michigan residents to certify a class action regarding their dioxin claims against Dow Chemical Co. See Henry v. Dow Chemical Co., No. 03-47775-NZ (Saginaw County, Mich., Cir. Ct., 71811

New theory emerges in climate change litigation

Dechert LLP
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USA
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May 11 2011

Just as many eyes are focused on the climate changeglobal warming cases pending in the appellate courts, a group of activist environmentalists have enrolled new plaintiffs to bring an old legal theory into the climate change litigation mix

Plutonium class action in Supreme Court

Dechert LLP
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USA
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October 10 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court last week invited the Solicitor General to weigh in on the issues in a significant class action, in which the plaintiffs allege plutonium contamination

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