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UPDATE 2-U.S. appeals court backs claim under state law in Rocky Flats saga
2015-06-24 04:23:12| Electronics - Topix.net
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday a decades-old pollution case over nuclear weapons production in Colorado should be sent back to the district court which in 2006 ordered companies that ran the facility to pay damages of $353 million. "This long lingering litigation deserves to find resolution soon," wrote one of the judges, Neil Gorsuch, about a case dating back to the 1980s, when Dow Chemical Co and a unit of Rockwell Automation Inc were involved in operating the Rocky Flats plant.
U.S. Appeals Court Finds Prenatal DNA Test Unpatentable
2015-06-16 07:18:22| Biotech - Topix.net
The United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit in the District of Columbia came down with another blow for the patentability of biotech testing products on Friday, June 12, 2015. The Court affirmed the 2013 decision of Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California holding that Sequenom Inc.'s patent issued for a hugely popular, non-invasive prenatal test, which uses cell-free fetal DNA circulating in the blood of pregnant woman was unpatentable subject matter because it is a natural phenomenon.
U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Shell spill plans in Alaska
2015-06-11 16:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A divided federal appeals court rejected an effort by environmental groups to void a U.S. agency's approval of two oil spill response plans by Royal Dutch Shell Plc related to the company's oil leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas on Alaska's Arctic coast. By a 2-1 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected a claim that the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which is part of the Department of the Interior, acted unlawfully in approving the plans, which...
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US appeals court to hear 1984 case against Sonia Gandhi
2015-06-11 10:05:41| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
New York: A US federal appeals court in Manhattan has set Aug 18 for oral arguments in a case filed by a Sikh rights group against Congress party chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The lawsuit filed by Sikhs For Justice accuses Sonia Gandhi of shielding, protecting and rewarding the perpetrators of violence against Sikhs in November 1984 in the aftermath of assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Appeals Court Tosses Suits Challenging Climate Change Plan
2015-06-09 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a pair of high-profile lawsuits challenging the Obama administration's sweeping plan to address climate change, saying it's too early to challenge a proposed rule that isn't yet final. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a temporary setback to opponents of the plan who are expected to renew their legal attack once the regulation is finalized later this year. The lawsuits from a coalition of 15 states...
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