je.st
news
Tag: judge
In Exxon suit, judge leaves opening for villagers
2014-09-25 03:02:48| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A US judge has left a small legal opening for some Indonesian villagers to pursue a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. for human rights abuses allegedly committed by Indonesian troops guarding an Exxon natural gas field. In a decision last year, the Supreme Court drastically limited the ability of foreign victims of human rights abuses to use American courts to seek monetary damages for their suffering.
Tags: opening
leaves
suit
judge
In Exxon suit, judge leaves opening for villagers
2014-09-25 03:01:16| Energy - Topix.net
A US judge has left a small legal opening for some Indonesian villagers to pursue a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. for human rights abuses allegedly committed by Indonesian troops guarding an Exxon natural gas field. In a decision last year, the Supreme Court drastically limited the ability of foreign victims of human rights abuses to use American courts to seek monetary damages for their suffering.
Tags: opening
leaves
suit
judge
U.S. judge rejects BP bid to recoup some payments made for spill
2014-09-24 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: BP Plc cannot recoup what it says were inflated claims paid under a multi-billion dollar settlement program to compensate people hurt by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday. BP originally expected the payout program to cost $7.8 billion, but it has said the final bill, from the uncapped agreement that is handling thousands of claims, could be considerably higher. The oil major has filed numerous motions to challenge what it says are excessive fees charged by the...
Pennsylvania Magistrate Judge Recommends That Plaintiff's Claims Be ...
2014-09-24 05:51:20| Air Courier - Topix.net
In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying the doctrine of collateral estoppel, a Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation granting an individual disability insurer summary judgment on an insured's claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and statutory bad faith, where the insured based a total disability claim on a work injury that was held to have not occurred by a workers' compensation court. See Hayes v.
Tags: claims
pennsylvania
judge
recommends
Quebec judge suspends TransCanada exploratory drilling
2014-09-24 03:56:36| Energy - Topix.net
Greenpeace activists are on location in Cacouna, Quebec, to protest plans by TransCanada to build a new tanker port on the St. Lawrence Seaway to export tar sands oil from the proposed Energy East pipeline. Greenpeace plans to bear witness to upcoming seismic work which could harm the region's already threatened beluga population.
Tags: judge
quebec
drilling
exploratory
Sites : [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] next »