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Environmental Law Prof Blog
Shell, the Arctic, and the Classroom
In late January Royal Dutch Shell announced that the company was putting an end to its efforts to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s north coast this…
Class Action Countermeasures
Predominance & Rigorous Analysis – Parko v. Shell Oil Co.
By The Editors
Judge Richard Posner has always been an independent thinker, something he has proven in the last year as, despite his economically conservative credentials (which would lead one to presume a…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Parko v. Shell Oil – Seventh Circuit Douses Class Action Where No One is Drinking Contaminated Groundwater
By Andrew H. Perellis Where individual questions overwhelm questions common to the class, a class action cannot be maintained. This simple concept has met with mixed results when applied to…
Employment Law Watch
“European” employment law applies in Europe only
The application of UK employment law to employees working outside the UK is a big issue for multi-national companies and employers in the shipping industry. If you have an employee…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Shell Still Reviewing Pa. Processing Plant
By Greg Russell
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Shell Oil Co. is still exploring the possibility of building a natural gas processing plant in Pennsylvania: "In March 2012, Shell chose a possible…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Blogging more important as general counsel move from pedigree law firms
As reported by Dina Wang (@dinaswang) and Firoz Dattu in Harvard Business Review, an increasing number of general counsel in major companies are willing to use non-pedigree law firms, that is firms…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Shell Oil Consents to Clean Air Act Penalties for Activities on the Arctic Shelf
By Environmental Law and Policy Monitor
In response to EPA enforcement actions pursued under provisions of the Clean Air Act, Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. and Shell Offshore Inc. agreed to pay civil penalties associated with…
Land Use Prof Blog
Burger on the Last, Last Frontier
Michael Burger (Roger Williams) has posted The Last, Last Frontier, a chapter in Environmental Law and Contrasting Ideas of Nature: A Constructivist Appproach (Keith Hirokawa ed., Cambridge University Press) 2013. The…
Energy Business Law
On Heels of European Raids, Energy Companies Face U.S. Class Actions
by Megan Morley White Oaks Fund LP, an Illinois private placement fund, filed a class action suit last week against BP PLC, Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Statoil ASA in the…
Antitrust Alert
On Heels of European Raids, Energy Companies Face U.S. Class Actions
by Megan Morley White Oaks Fund LP, an Illinois private placement fund, filed a class action suit last week against BP PLC, Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Statoil ASA in…