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Appeals court chops $2 billion off Exxon Valdez punitive damages award

December 22, 2006 06:53:00 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday reduced by $2 billion a 1994 damages award against ExxonMobil corporation in respect of the sinking of the tanker Exxon Valdez, which caused a major Alaska oil spill [Anchorage...

DOJ, Alaska want $92 million more for Exxon Valdez cleanup

June 1, 2006 07:42:00 PM

After re-examining the costs of cleaning up remaining oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill , the US Justice Department and the state of Alaska said Thursday that they would use a "reopener" provision in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.