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Pension Risk Matters
BP Investments – The Role of Ethics and Risk Management
The current situation with British Petroleum ("BP") raises a bevy of thorny questions, not the least of which is how pensions and other types of institutional investors should deal with…
Becker's Iowa Environmental Law Update
Environmental Innovation: Flower Power
By Chuck Becker
I recently saw a speech given by Richard Sears, a visiting scientist at MIT who was formerly a geophysicist and executive at Shell Oil Company. He said something that is…
Med Law Blog
Discovery of Peer Review Materials
Two recent decisions emphasize the ongoing battle for discovery of peer review information in negligence cases, and confirm that confidentiality is alive and well, but no longer automatic. In Shell…
California Employment Law Update
Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification Of Class In Wal-Mart Gender Discrimination Case
By Tony Oncidi
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, 603 F.3d 571 (2010) (en banc) The district court certified a class encompassing all women employed by Wal-Mart at any time after December 26, 1998 who…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Insurer Must Defend Allegations of Failure to Disclose Chemical’s Dangerous Propensities
Whether a duty to defend was triggered by allegations of the failure to disclose a chemical's dangerous characteristics was the issue in Shell Chemical L.P. v. Discover Prop. &…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Makes CAFA Jurisdiction Stick
On April 21, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that a putative class action removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) does not lose…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Ninth Circuit Makes CAFA Jurisdiction Stick
By Neil Popovic
On April 21, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that a putative class action removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) does not lose…
The Energy Law Blog
Houston Court Rejects Weighted Average Royalty Payment Calculations Under Lease Agreement
By Natalie Barletta: In Shell Oil Co. v. Ross, No. 01-08-00713-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] February 25, 2010, no pet. h.), Ross, a mineral interest owner, brought a breach…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
New Gulf Production
By Greg Russell
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Royal Dutch Shell has started producing from its Perdido hub in the deep water Gulf of Mexico. "The Perdido complex will handle production from…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Oil Companies Looking to the Shales
By Greg Russell
The Houston Chronicle is reporting on several large oil companies taking positions in natural gas shale basins. Regarding Shell, for example: "He [i.e., Marvin Odum, president of Houston-based Shell Oil…