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New York Law Journal

Prosecutors Estimate Mining Rights Lost in Africa Bribery Scam at $150 Million or More

In a brief, Wilson Sonsini partner Moe Fodeman wrote that U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis should not worry about any delay caused by the restitution process.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: $1B Jury Verdict for Davis Wright Tremaine's Di Lorenzo

"A damages award against the state is an equalizer. It is a means of matching the burdens with the benefits in a more equitable way. "
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

PEDF Files New Petition Based on Environmental Rights Amendment Case Law

On Nov. 5, the Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation filed a new petition in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court against the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) challenging the DCNR's state forest resource management plan, adopted in 2016.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Federal Judge Tosses Out Activists' Rodman Dam Challenge

The construction of the Rodman dam and the reservoir was part of the Cross Florida Barge Canal project, which was halted by the federal government in 1971.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Sheppard Mullin Goes Fishing for Justice

'One does not need to be an environmental or policy expert to know this proposed mining operation in the Bristol Bay watershed is a terrible idea,' wrote litigators from Sheppard Mullin.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Septic Tanks Eyed by Task Force in Efforts to Combat Algae

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order that created the task force after outbreaks of toxic algae and red tide across the state last year.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

PennEast Litigation Seeks to Change Landscape in Natural Gas Act Condemnations

The courts seem open to revisiting the existing case law to determine whether all constitutional protections are being provided to private and public entities. The U.S. Constitution cannot be ignored solely for the benefit of private natural gas companies.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Baker Botts' Streett Scores One for Due Process—and Against the King of Morocco

'While foreign courts need not mirror the U.S. legal system in every respect, those core due process rights are a prerequisite before American courts can enforce a foreign judgment.'
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Revisits 'PEDF' on Remand: Limits on Environmental Rights Amendment

On July 29, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court returned to Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth, a leading case on the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: A Gold Medal for Gibson Dunn's Estrada 

Estrada scored a win before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that opens the door for Canadian gold miner Crystallex to collect a $1.4 billion arbitration award—and could provide a road map for Venezuela's other creditors.
6 minute read

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