Archive for May, 2009



New delay hits human rights suit against Shell (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 10:25 pm
A pre-trial conference scheduled in the potentially landmark lawsuit brought by Nigerian plaintiffs against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been delayed until Wednesday, court papers show.



Lead weights for tires should be banned, EPA is told (San Francisco Chronicle)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 10:22 pm
The federal government should ban the use of lead weights, those fingertip-size chunks of metal that balance the tires of cars and trucks, says a petition filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week. While the federal government has banned...



Residents, groups want a Chesapeake Bay cleanup, not a lawsuit (The Daily Record)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 10:09 pm
DUNDALK — When the breeze blows north to Bear Creek from the Sparrows Point steel mill, it means one thing to Jerry Tomko: the Tomcat will need to be washed.



Kent County official loses lawsuit against law firm (The Daily Record)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 10:09 pm
A lawsuit against Funk & Bolton P.A. by a Kent County Board of Education member who was investigated for sexual harassment was properly dismissed, the Court of Special Appeals has held.



Bridge project battle lines drawn: Lawsuit adds race to factors in rivalry (Crain’s Detroit Business)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 9:11 pm
The factions are taking shape as the first significant legal challenge to a new, publicly owned Detroit River crossing begins in federal court, potentially creating a schism among civic, social and business groups in Southwest Detroit.



GM likely to seek U.S.-Canadian protection (National Post)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 7:28 pm
General Motors of Canada Ltd. was hatched in the early 1900s when a farmboy named Sam McLaughlin sent a telegram to an old pal in Michigan asking if he could borrow an engineer to make plans for horseless carriages after his own engineer fell ill. That pal was GM Corp. founder Billy Durant



Wyo will file wolf lawsuit Tuesday (Casper Star-Tribune)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 6:29 pm
The Wyoming Attorney General said Friday will file a lawsuit next Tuesday to challenge the recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's ruling that rejected the state's wolf management plan.



Southaven Cops ask Judge to Dismiss Discrimination Lawsuit (Eyewitness News Memphis)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 4:47 pm
The city of Southaven and two police officers asked a federal judge to dismiss a racial discrimination lawsuit accusing the cops of assaulting a group of minority students.



City suing Irvine over development (Daily Pilot)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 4:31 pm
In the latest legal barb over the area around John Wayne Airport, Newport Beach and Tustin have filed another lawsuit against Irvine, alleging the city has not done enough to protect its neighbors from the environmental effect of a planned office and shopping center in the Irvine Business Complex.



ACLU files discrimination suit against MCSO (KVOA Tucson)

Sunday 31 May 2009 @ 3:32 pm
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on behalf of a Muslim man who claims he lost his job as a



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