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Judge approves SprintT-Mobile merger
2020-02-11 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The merger of the US’s third and fourth largest operators has been in the works for nearly two years now. A coalition of attorney generals from 13 states and the District of Columbia opposed the merger in June, arguing that the reduction in competition would result in inflated prices for customers. Sprint and T-Mobile…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Judge Approves NYC Plastic Foam Container Ban
2018-06-11 17:28:25| Waste Age
Judge Margaret Chan recently denied an appeal by a restaurant lobbying group and manufacturers, pushing the ban forward.
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Judge approves VW's record US emissions settlement
2016-10-26 02:30:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A US judge approves the record $14.7bn (12bn) settlement that Volkswagen will pay in the country over its diesel emissions scandal.
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U.S. judge approves BP settlement for 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
2016-04-05 05:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Judge Carl Barbier granted final approval on Monday to BP Plc's civil settlement over its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill after it reached a deal in July 2015 to pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states. "Today's action holds BP accountable with the largest environmental penalty of all time while launching one of the most extensive environmental restoration efforts ever undertaken," U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement. The company at the...
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Judge Approves Multi-Billion BP Oil Spill Settlement
2016-04-05 02:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A federal judge in New Orleans today set his stamp of approval on an $18.7 billion civil settlement in the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier approved the agreement reached with the U.S. government and five Gulf states: Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas -- resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore...
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