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Fourth Circuit upholds dismissal of claims against Corps
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 26 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed claims against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) related to channel-dredging operations
Fifth Circuit finds Corps not liable for Katrina damages
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 5 2012
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not liable for damages caused by canal breaches that occurred in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina
Tenth Circuit denies Colorado authority to regulate Army chemical weapons
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- September 14 2012
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Colorado is preempted from taking enforcement action under the state’s hazardous waste law against the U.S. Army with respect to stored chemical weapons awaiting destruction within the state
Electronic waste recycler pleads guilty to false claims charges
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 17 2012
A San Jose, California, electronic waste recycling firm and two of its managers have entered into a plea agreement to resolve criminal charges of submitting fraudulent claims for $1 million in payments from the state’s Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Program
Township supervisor sentenced for bribes in connection with asbestos abatement
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 10 2012
A former Royal Oak Township, Michigan, supervisor has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking bribes in connection with the award of contracts involving federal funds intended to be used to improve blighted areas
Ninth Circuit upholds state building code provision under EPCA preemption exemption
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 13 2012
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld energy-efficiency provisions in Washington state’s building code under a preemption-exemption provision in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA
Federal court orders USTR to release document to environmental group under FOIA
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 16 2012
A federal court in the District of Columbia has ordered the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to release a document to an environmental group under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA
DOJ ordered to produce attorney-to-attorney communications in response to FOIA request
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 10 2012
A federal court in Wisconsin has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to produce documents sought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), ruling that communications between attorneys at DOJ, who represent separate client agencies with adverse interests in the same litigation, are not privileged
Court of federal claims rules U.S. may avoid damages over breach of radioactive waste contract
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 12 2011
The Federal Claims Court has ruled that the United States might avoid damages, but not liability, by arguing that unavoidable delay caused the government to breach a contract to dispose of high-level radioactive waste
Environmental group sues EPA over New Jersey stormwater management program
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 5 2011
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network has sued EPA alleging that the agency failed to ensure that New Jersey has exercised its delegated authority to administer the state’s stormwater management program in compliance with the Clean Water Act
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- Workarea - Environment
- Author - Mark Anstoetter