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Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against oil companies over increased coastal flood risks
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a case filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority against 97 defendants involved in the exploration and production of (More) |
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NY Gov. Cuomo vetoes bill requiring state to pay for indigent defense
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday vetoed a bill that would require the state to pay for indigent representation when counties were unable. The bill was passed six months ago with bipartisan support, though the lawsuit giving rise to the issue w (More) |
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Supreme Court upholds Hurricane Katrina fraud ruling against State Farm
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that violation of a seal under which a relator's complaint has been filed does not require dismissal of the entire complaint, upholding a fraud verdict against State Farm Fire & Casualty Company stemm (More) |
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Supreme Court to hear State Farm appeal in Hurricane Katrina false claims case
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby [docket; cert. petition, PDF], a case concerning allegations that the insurance company defrauded the government in assessing damage (More) |
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ACLU files lawsuit over public defender shortage in New Orleans
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday against the New Orleans Public Defenders Office and the Louisiana Public Defender Board due to the lack of available public defenders for (More) |
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Spill Litigation and Settlements
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 passed both houses of Congress by large margins and was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in response to the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. It mandates detailed clean-up plans from oil co (More) |
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Federal arbitration board orders FEMA to pay New Orleans Katrina responders
The US Civilian Board of Contract Appeals has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)to pay the City of New Orleans $10.8 million in connection to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The decision, issued last week, comes in response to a J (More) |
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Lawful Military Support To Civil Authorities In Times of Crisis
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of the Ave Maria School of Law reveals the history behind recent changes to law and policy which will affect the involvement of military forces with civilian domestic law enforcement... (More) |
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Philippines lawmakers approve refugee law
The Congress of the Philippines on Wednesday passed a bill to protect the rights of more than one million internally displaced persons (IDPs). The bill was praised by the UN Refugee Agency on Friday. If the bill is signed into law, the Philippin (More) |
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Hoping for the Best is Not Enough for Prisoner Safety
JURIST Guest Columnist Christopher Newton, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the fifteenth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. He argues that state l (More) |
Treaty relinquishing Panama Canal signed
On September 7, 1977, US President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty relinquishing American control over the canal effective in the year 2000.
