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Appeals court upholds class action status in oil spill suit
2015-09-11 09:30:54| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A federal appeals court says litigation alleging that BP misled investors about the rate of oil flowing after an offshore oil rig explosion in 2010 can proceed as a class action lawsuit. Tuesday's 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling means that the lawsuit, led by pension funds in New York and Ohio, can continue on behalf of all purchasers of certain types of BP securities during a 33-day period after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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U.S. court finds EPA was wrong to approve Dow pesticide harmful to bees
2015-09-10 22:45:20| Chemicals - Topix.net
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling its approval and giving environmentalists a major victory. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, is significant for commercial beekeepers and others who say a dramatic decline in bee colonies needed to pollinate key food crops is tied to widespread use of a class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids.
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Monsanto weedkiller poisoned farmer, French court rules
2015-09-10 20:32:24| Chemicals - Topix.net
Demonstrators protest Monsanto Co. in Paris on May 23. The company says it will appeal a ruling by a French court that its herbicide Lasso poisoned a French farmer.
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Delaware Court Holds Interested Directors Liable for 'Fairer Price' In Going Private Transaction
2015-09-10 00:57:57| Food - Topix.net
In one of the largest ever M&A-related recoveries for shareholders, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster ordered Dole Food Company, Inc.'s Chairman and CEO, David Murdock, and Dole's former President, COO and General Counsel, C. Michael Carter, to pay $148 million to class members for breaching their fiduciary duties in connection with a leveraged buyout. In re Dole Food Co., Inc. Stockholder Litig.
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District Court Awards Defendant Its IPR-Related Fees Under 285
2015-09-09 21:36:16| Airlines - Topix.net
In Deep Sky Software, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co ., Defendant Southwest Airlines sought its fees and costs following the successful inter partes review of the patent-in-suit, which resulted in all of the asserted claims being invalidated.
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