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ENVIRONMENT: COMMISSION ASKS SIX MEMBER STATES TO COMPLY WITH EU WASTE
If these Member States fail to comply with their legal obligation, the Commission may refer the cases to the EU Court of Justice and ask the Court to impose financial sanctions already at this stage. The revised EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44A
BP (BP) Settles with MOEX Over Macondo Incident; Will Recieve $1.07B, Applied
MOEX - which had a 10 percent interest in the Macondo well - has joined BP in recognising and acknowledging the findings by the Presidential Commission that the accident was the result of a number of separate risk factors, oversights and outright
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44A
Injunction reports may be contempt
The Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said: "No-one, and in particular no judge, doubts that the open administrations of justice is a long-standing, treasured principle of our legal system". While no right to privacy existed before 2000, the implications
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:43A
Canton urged to drop annexing Nissan lawsuit
The Clarion-Ledger reports county supervisors voted unanimously on Thursday for a resolution urging the city to immediately drop a lawsuit it filed earlier this year against Nissan Corp. Based on legislation approved in a special session in November
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:43A
BP Agrees $1.06bn Settlement With Macondo Partner MOEX
LONDON (Dow Jones)--BP PLC's shares rose after it announced Friday it had agreed with one of its Macondo well partners to settle all claims between the two companies stemming from the Deepwater Horizon accident, which led to the giant oil spill in the
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:43A
Spain's Justice Ministry to review election-eve protest ban
He said the Justice Ministry was reviewing the electoral board's ruling to determine whether it should stand. Dubbed "the indignant", tens of thousands demonstrating against mass unemployment and deep austerity measures have filled the main squares of
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:43A
Benefit Performance
Mabrey, a founding member of the Dan's Party improv group and actor with several area theater companies, was killed in a car accident Sunday morning. Showtime is 9 pm at the Nadine Baum Studios in Fayetteville, and tickets are $10. 445-6333.
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:43A
Gagging Orders: Judges' Report Published
Media and other interested parties should be allowed to take part in injuction hearings in the future, the Lord Chief Justice has said. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:43A
BP confirms first outside payment for Gulf of Mexico spill
MOEX Offshore, a US subsidiary of Japan's Mitsui Oil Exploration Company, had a 10-per-cent interest in the Macondo well that exploded in the accident in April last year, killing 11 workers and causing massive environmental damage.
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:42A
Injunctions review: judges only implementing parliament's privacy laws, says
The Lord Chief Justice says unelected judges did not create privacy laws and there is no need for specialist judges in super-injunction cases. The Lord Chief Justice's long-awaited review states that injunctions and super-injunctions – whose very
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:42A
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