Company
Shell
224 published works
CAFA Law Blog
Louisiana Is Serious About Its Oysters (and CAFA)
Vekic v. Shell Pipeline Co. LP, et al., 2008-1469 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1/29/09), 2009 WL 213105. Plaintiffs were Louisiana oyster farmers (oh yea, I said “oyster farmers”) and lessees…
TortsProf Blog
Shell Settles Alien Tort Claims Act Suit On Eve of Trial
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle the Alien Tort Claims Act case based on its alleged complicity in the 1995 deaths of several Nigerian activists. …
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Shell Settles Nigerian Human Rights Case for $15.5 Million
By joetort
Article on cnnmoney.com -- Shell pays $15.5M in Nigeria suit: Oil company settles a claim that it violated human rights leading to the killings of a famous writer and other activists in…
The D&O Diary
Does the Royal Dutch Shell Settlement Approval Portend a Rush of European Collective Actions?
There is no question that the Amsterdam Court of Appeals’ May 29, 2009 action authorizing Royal Dutch Shell to begin funding the April 2007 securities settlement represents a landmark development.…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Superfund’s Traditional Joint and Several Liability and Arranger Liability Have Their Limits: Bar May Be Lowered For Demonstrating Apportionment Liability
By Randolph C. Visser, Jeffrey W. Forrest, & Michael Hansen On May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its 8 to 1 decision in the much anticipated case of Burlington…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Supreme Court Ruling Makes Government Recovery More Difficult in Toxic Torts
By joetort
In Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 to limit corporate liability under Superfund. Here's an except from Adam Liptak's…
The Contingency
Eighth Circuit Reverses Sanction, Orders Reassignment
You seldom see a federal judge grant a motion for recusal. And an appellate court that reverses denial of such a motion shares much with a unicorn. Today an Eighth Circuit panel split…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Refinery Strike Avoided
Bloomberg.com is reporting that United Steelworkers and five big oil companies (Shell, Exxon, BP, Valero Energy, and Chevron) have reached a contract agreement. The multi-employer bargaining unit is made up…
La Revue
Entente : première coopération entre autorités en matière d’enquête dans le cadre d’une affaire d’entente de partage de marché d’appel d’offre
Décision 08-D-30 du 4 décembre 2008
California Employment Law Update
Employee’s Overtime Claims Were Barred By Settlement Agreement
By Tony Oncidi
Larner v. Los Angeles Doctors Hosp. Associates, LP, 168 Cal. App. 4th 1291 (2008) Josephine Larner, a nurse, sued her former employer, a hospital, for allegedly unpaid overtime. Larner brought…