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Fifth Circuit dismisses lawsuit over energy companies’ emissions

May 17, 2013 9:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court this week dismissed repeat claims by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents, who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina and, in turn, … Read More »

Global Warming, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi, News, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court

Legal foundation urges court to protect mass action defendant’s right to federal forum

May 16, 2013 4:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) — The Washington Legal Foundation urged a federal court Wednesday not to allow Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway to deprive an out-of-state business defendant of its right to a federal forum by filing a parens patriae … Read More »

Class Action, Hot Topics, Kentucky, News, State AGs, U.S. District Court

Judge: Chevron CEO must testify in Ecuador case

May 9, 2013 12:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — Chevron CEO John Watson must be deposed by the attorneys for a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs being sued by the oil giant, a federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday. Magistrate James Francis for the U.S. District … Read More »

Class Action, Hot Topics, News, U.S. District Court

Federal judge favors mortgage registry, banks in suit over transfer taxes

May 8, 2013 9:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — A federal judge in Michigan last week sided with the national mortgage registry known as MERS and a group of banks in a case over transfer taxes. On Friday, Judge Robert Holmes Bell of … Read More »

Financial Crisis, Michigan, News, Sub-Prime Mortgages, U.S. District Court

N.Y. AG to sue Wells Fargo, Bank of America over mortgage settlement violations

May 7, 2013 11:42 AM
By Bryan Cohen

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his intention Monday to sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America for allegedly engaging in repeated violations of the terms of the National Mortgage Settlement. Schneiderman’s office has documented … Read More »

Issues, News, State AGs, States, Sub-Prime Mortgages, U.S. District Court

Lawyers seek to withdraw from Chevron case, citing judge’s bias and unpaid bills

May 7, 2013 10:45 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — The law firms defending New York attorney Steven Donziger and two Ecuadorian plaintiffs against Chevron Corp. are seeking to withdraw from the case, filed by the oil giant in a New York federal court in … Read More »

Class Action, Hot Topics, News, U.S. District Court

Small business owners file suit in federal court over IRS Obamacare ‘power grab’

May 7, 2013 8:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A group of small business owners last week filed suit against the federal government over an IRS regulation imposed under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, arguing it will force them to pay exorbitant fines, … Read More »

Hot Topics, News, U.S. District Court

Canadian court stays Ecuadorians’ suit against Chevron

May 2, 2013 11:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

TORONTO (Legal Newsline) — Nearly a year after a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against Chevron Corp. in Canada, a judge of the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario has stayed the suit. Judge David M. Brown, in … Read More »

Class Action, Hot Topics, News, U.S. District Court

Court authorizes service of ‘John Doe’ summons on U.S. taxpayers with Caribbean offshore accounts

May 2, 2013 8:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday a federal court has entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service to serve a “John Doe” summons on U.S. taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts at Canadian Imperial … Read More »

Federal Government, News, U.S. District Court

Asbestos estimation trial still under advisement in Pa. federal court

May 2, 2013 6:10 AM
By Jon Campisi

PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – It’s been nearly three months since federal Judge Judith Fitzgerald ordered the submittal of post-trial briefs in an asbestos bankruptcy case originating out of Delaware, and thus far, it appears the case is in a state of … Read More »

Asbestos, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court