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Focus on Regulation
Update on the responsibility to respect human rights and parent company liability: what the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another means for UK multinationals
By Peter Hood, Julianne Hughes-Jennett
In the last four months, the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in two important cases relating to parent company liability and jurisdiction over extra-territorial human rights impacts. In…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Institute for the Future of Law Practice Steps in Where Law Schools Struggle
Leave it to legal tech innovator and law professor, Bill Henderson to be part of a new nonprofit, the Institute for the Future of Law Practice, that will coordinate the entry level…
Energy & the Law
Trespass Plaintiff: First, Prove Your Ownership
Chauvin v. Shell Oil Company et al is the pot full of legal unpleasantness that can be stirred up by landmen trying to buy easements, leases, and the like. A…
The Energy Law Blog
(Plaintiffs Claiming) Trespass Beware
By Elizabeth S. Wheeler, Erin Bambrick
In Chauvin v. Shell Oil Company, the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of the trial court granting summary judgment to defendants on Plaintiffs’ trespass action. In…
Ship Law Log
CV Stealth – Arrest of vessel under Shelltime 4 – causation
By way of follow up to our blog on this matter dated 3 May 2016, the Commercial Court heard a further arbitration appeal earlier this month arising out of the…
In Search of Great Customer Experiences
Justifying shadow billing as promoting diversity? Much better ways exist.
By Patrick Lamb
Earlier this year, Vincent Cordo, the Global Sourcing Officer for Shell, and Casey Flaherty, a consultant to law departments, wrote an article for the ACC Docket, Shell Legal—Shadow Billing. Let…
Texas Bar Blog
Texas attorneys named to Fastcase 50 list of top innovators
By Jillian Beck
Three Texas attorneys were included on the annual Fastcase 50 list, which honors top innovators in the legal field. Cameron Vann, senior staff attorney for the Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program; Cisselon Nichols…
Defense Litigation Insider
Kesner v. Superior Court: The Aftermath
By Abby Adams
On Friday, June 2, 2017, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District, issued an unpublished opinion holding that Shell Oil Company owed a duty to protect from asbestos…
Hackensack New Jersey Criminal Law Blog
New Milford Gas Station Robbery Suspect Identified, Arrested
New Milford police officers recently arrested a Bergenfield New Jersey man accused of attempting to rob a gas station. The suspect is a 32-year-old resident of Bergenfield, New Jersey. According…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Human Rights Lawyer Paul Hoffman To Be Honored
Prof. Francisco Rivera contributes this piece.Paul Hoffman, one of the leading human rights lawyers in the United States who has successfully litigated to hold human rights violators accountable, to reduce…