Articles Tagged with ''legal''

Suit that blames I-10 design for flood impacts needs justices to settle lower courts' disputed decisions on whether agency must compensate owners.

States say Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not consider New Jersey's claims that added capacity was not needed and would violate its climate change law.

A $283-million gas power plant being built near Billings may face added environmental scrutiny as state Supreme Court weighs Aug. 14 lower court ruling of state law barring greenhouse gas emission impact review as unconstitutional.

As the worker shortage continues with no end in sight, outdated processes could leave contractors with more liability, but construction technology offers more-reliable electronic trails.

June 5 trial of manufacturer 3M also halts as firm and municipal attorneys seek time to craft what one media report termed a possible $10B settlement to include toxic impact compensation for other US water systems, towns and cities.

After years of battle, firm that managed remediation of 2008 TVA power plant coal ash site breach in Tennessee sending waste over 300 acres and costing about $1 billion, agrees to undisclosed monetary deal with up to 200 workers who had sought many millions.

Justices could move to reduce power of U.S. agencies such as EPA and SEC to interpret rules under unclear federal laws based on 40-year-old high court precedent, but they opt not to intervene in the latest climate-change damage litigation against energy companies.

On $100-million city-funded Massachusetts project, the firms failed to accurately report participation of woman- and minority-owned businesses, state Attorney General Maura Healey alleged in a False Claims Act suit. 

A federal judge has ordered a plastering and stucco firm to rectify longstanding recordkeeping violations or face weekly coercive fines of up to $10,000.