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Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against oil companies over increased coastal flood risks

March 3, 2017 02:35:19 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a case filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority against 97 defendants involved...

February 15, 2017 10:47:51 AM

A judicial official on Tuesday ruled in favor of Georgia in a water consumption dispute with Florida. The official urged the US Supreme Court to reject water consumption limits placed on Georgia, which the...

February 14, 2017 01:48:53 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday turned down a request to stop construction on the final stretch of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Judge James Boasberg rejected [blog...

February 9, 2017 04:07:20 PM

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on Thursday filed a legal challenge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in an attempt to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) ....

February 8, 2017 07:17:31 AM

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will grant the final permit for the Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the process, according to a court document ...

January 24, 2017 04:15:21 PM

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed presidential memoranda to progress construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline . The memoranda, which have the legal force of executive orders, also require that materials used in...

January 13, 2017 10:08:34 AM

The Washington Supreme Court ruled against plans for a big oil terminal on the West Coast on Thursday. The court ruled that the proposal must be reviewed under the Oceans Resources Management Act...

December 21, 2016 11:25:52 AM

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a ban on offshore drilling in almost 120 million acres of federally owned Arctic and Atlantic waters. As a preemptive opposition to President-elect Donald Trump, the goal of the...

December 5, 2016 11:54:12 AM

The US Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday that an alternate route will be investigated for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) . Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, continued that in...

October 10, 2016 03:45:50 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against Native American tribes on Sunday, allowing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to move forward. The Standing Rock Sioux and the Cheyenne River...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.