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Fourth Circuit upholds dismissal of claims against Corps

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

EU political update 22 - 26 April 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • April 22 2013

On 16 April, the European Parliament adopted a Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and a fourth edition of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD

Passing planning legislation directed at the protection of the environment

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 13 2013

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has affirmed that the functional area of 'municipal planning', a local government competence, includes the power to

National Asset Management Agency v Commissioner for Environmental Information

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 1 2013

The High Court has found that the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is subject to the European Communities (Access to Environmental

City of Reading's recycling fee not preempted by PA Solid Waste Management Act

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2013

A resident of the City of Reading (the "City") claimed that the City's recycling ordinance was preempted by the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management

The Supreme Court - January 8, 2013

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 8 2013

The Supreme Court of the United States announced decisions in two cases this morning: Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. V. Natural Resources Defense

SCC denies leave, confirming class action not the right choice for aboriginal rights claim

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 15 2012

On November 15, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal to Chief Robert Chamberlin, Chief of the KwicksutaineukAh-Kwa-Mish First Nation regarding a BC Court of Appeal decision, which denied certification of a class action based on Aboriginal rights

Sarayaku v. Ecuador: lessons in free, prior and informed consultation

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Ecuador
  • -
  • October 24 2012

In July 2012, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the “Court”) came out with its decision in Sarayaku v. Ecuador (“Sarayaku”), finding Ecuador liable for breaching the indigenous peoples’ right to free, prior and informed consultation in accordance with international standards

Fifth Circuit finds Corps not liable for Katrina damages

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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