A coalition of environmental protection organizations sued the US Department of the Interior , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and other officials on Tuesday in an effort to block offshore oil drilling by Royal Dutch Shell [corporate...
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The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Pacific Operators Offshore LLP v. Valladolid that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) extends coverage to an employee who...
Dubious Self-Regulation and Greenwashing Corporate Negligence
JURIST Guest Columnist William Stanger, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2014, is a Staff Editor for the school's Business Law Journal. Stanger writes about the shortcomings of corporate social responsibility and how government should play a...
Supreme Court hears arguments on workers compensation, arbitration
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases on Tuesday. In Pacific Operators Offshore LLP v. Valladolid , the court considered when an outer continental shelf worker, injured on...
Fifth Circuit gives government more time to decide on offshore drilling permits
A panel of judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed a ruling Tuesday that would have forced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to...
Supreme Court to hear workers compensation, arbitration cases
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases. In Pacific Operations Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid , the court will consider when an outer continental shelf...
Federal judge finds US government in contempt for drilling moratorium
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday found the US Department of Interior (DOI) in contempt and ordered the department to pay attorney's fees for Hornbeck...
Federal judge dismisses request to end delay in issuance of drilling permits
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Thursday dismissed a request by the Ensco Offshore Company to end an alleged delay in the issuance of drilling permits....
Offshore drilling company files suit to end delay in issuance of drilling permits
Officials from the Ensco Offshore Company appeared in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday in connection with a lawsuit the company filed last year against the moratorium...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit Wednesday against units of British Petroleum (BP) and several other companies over the April Deepwater Horizon oil spill ,...
