Supreme Court grants securities fraud class certification without proof of loss causation
The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday in Erica P John Fund v. Halliburton that, though a party to a private securities fraud action must demonstrate...
Supreme Court hears arguments on class certification, sentencing laws
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Erica P John Fund v. Halliburton . The court will determine whether investor losses need...
National Commission on BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill releases final report
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill released its full final report on Tuesday, tracing the deeper root causes of the spill and recommending steps to avoid future incidents. The report highlights mistakes made...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in seven cases. In Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. , the court will determine whether investor losses...
Nigeria filing bribery charges against Cheney in connection with Halliburton contract
Nigerian prosecutors announced Thursday that they are instituting bribery charges against former US vice president Dick Cheney in connection in with a contract that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) [corporate...
Halliburton seeks extension to prepare defense for Deepwater Horizon oil spill claims
Halliburton Energy Services and several other companies being sued in connection with April's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico filed a request on Friday seeking more time to prepare...
Alabama Attorney General Troy King on Thursday filed a lawsuit against BP for damages to the state's coast and economy, claiming that the oil giant has failed in its efforts to accept responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon...
JURIST Guest Columnist Itzchak Kornfeld of the Faculty of Law at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem says the blowout at BP's Deepwater Horizon Well in the Gulf of Mexico will lead to a plethora of legal claims... The tragic blowout...
The City of New York agreed to pay approximately $2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by protesters who had claimed they had been illegally arrested, according to Tuesday statements made by the city's Law...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...
