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UK Court Lets Prosecutors Pierce Attorney-Client Privilege in Internal Probe

The United Kingdom's Serious Fraud Office received a ruling on May 8 from the High Court of Justice in London that it can breach attorney-client privilege to see materials gathered as part of a company's internal investigation.
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The Legal Intelligencer

'Reckless' Driller's Win in Well Contamination Case Stands

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will not disturb a ruling in a well contamination suit in which the Commonwealth Court sided with an oil and gas driller despite calling its business practices "reckless."
16 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Bouchard Rules Merger Wiped Out Derivative Standing in Case Over Mine Explosion

After years of delay, former stockholders of Massey Energy Co. have lost standing to bring a derivative suit against company executives over a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 workers, the Delaware Court of Chancery said on Thursday.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Russian Oligarch Loses Back-to-Back Motions Tied to $270M Note

The case involves a $270 million promissory note signed during a drunken night in Vienna.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Bouchard Tosses 'Unocal' Arguments in Merger Challenge, Favoring Business Judgment Rule

The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a lawsuit by former stockholders of Paramount Gold and Silver Corp., who had tried to sidestep the court's high bar for post-closing merger challenges.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Platinum Company Scores $16 Million Against Junkyard

A South African platinum refining company has been awarded $16 million by a federal jury in its lawsuit filed against the owners of a Bucks County junkyard, in receivership, for failing to pay back loans as it neared insolvency.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Veterans of Past EPA Battles Eye Trump's Climate Moves

With climate change poised to fall off of the Environmental Protection Agency's agenda under President Donald Trump, one group is paying particularly close attention: the lawyers who fought over putting climate on the agency's agenda in the first place.
5 minute read

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