The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld Manhattan Beach’s plastic bag ban on Thursday, ruling that the small Southern California beach town was not required to conduct a full-scale environmental review before enacting legislation. Though there was no question that cities..

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Plastic Bag Ban Upheld by CA Supreme Court

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When Chevron acquired Texaco in 2001, it inherited more than it bargained for. A lawsuit against the company accusing Texaco of contaminating the Ecuadorean Amazon was filed in a New York court, but was moved to Ecuador in 2003. Since…

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Chevron Ecuador: Oil Giant Fined 8.6 Billion by Ecuadoran Judge

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Is an environmental conservation law actually a clever racist attack?

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Is a California Shark Fin Ban Racist?

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The Cliffs at High Carolina can get back to the business of creating Tiger Wood’s first US golf course. The developers of Tiger Wood’s golf course have agreed to reduce the environmental impact that the course would have on local… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.

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Settlement Reached in Tiger Wood’s Golf Course Dispute

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Not that it was facing a shortage of problems, but BP can add another one to the list. BP already had over 250 lawsuits against it, but residents of Georgia with coastal property in Florida have filed another lawsuit, this… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com

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Georgia Land Owners File Class Action Against BP

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