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M & A Law Prof Blog
ABN AMRO and the Sausage Factory
ABN Amro yesterday released a copy of the RBS consortium's inter-conditional offer to acquire ABN Amro for approximately $98 billion and ABN Amro's subsidiary, LaSalle Bank, for $24.5 billion. The…
Legal Profession Blog
Improper Witness Payment
An attorney was suspended for three years, with 18 months deferred, by the Louisiana Supreme Court last Friday. The attorney was one of eight appointed members of a Plaintiff's Legal…
Legal Profession Blog
Class Action Attorneys’ Fees Award Is Judicially Sealed–From The Lawyers
Posted by Alan ChildressIn an unusual move, a federal district judge in a class action settlement against Shell(for too much sulfur in the gas) divided up the plaintiffs' classattorney fees…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Royal Dutch Shell Settles European Investors’ Claims, Pays US Attorneys
In what may be the first pan-European settlement of a securities fraud case, Royal Dutch Shell agreed to pay $352.6 million to settle all claims brought by European investors, as…
The D&O Diary
Record European Securities Class Settlement
On April 11, 2007, Royal Dutch Shell announced (here) that it had agreed to pay $352.6 million to non-U.S. investors who bought Shell shares outside the U.S., in connection with…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
A Discussion with Ken Cohen, Exxon/Mobil
Today I participated in a conference call with Ken Cohen, Exxon's VP for Public Affairs. Exxon is undertaking a concerted PR campaign to resuscitate its reputation as a reasoned voice…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Leadership Wanting, Leadership Wanted
Weather-related disasters like Hurricane Katrina—or the intense heat wave now hitting the United States—are on the rise. The toll of these catastrophes is exacerbated by growing ecological stresses and the…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Shell States Moral Objection to Biofuel from Food Crops
Planet Ark World Environmental News:Royal Dutch Shell, the worlds top marketer of biofuels, considers using food crops to make biofuels "morally inappropriate" as long as there are people in…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Big Oil Goes on the Road
Reuters reports that top Shell executives have begun a 50-city tour across the United States this summer to persuade us that Shell and other big oil companies are not ripping…
CAFA Law Blog
“Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink”: Oil Companies attempt CAFA removal after plaintiffs alleging contaminated ground water redefine the class definition. Another decision in the deluge of commencement cases.
In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation, No. 1:00-1898, MDL 1358, 2006 WL 1004725 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 17, 2006). Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive, is…