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23 Oct 2011, 11:08 am
[JURIST] A Nigerian village on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in US federal court against Royal Dutch Shell PLC [corporate website] alleging the oil company polluted a drinking water well with benzene at levels 900 times the limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO) [official website]. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 1:24 pm
Here’s a dispatch from our DC colleague, Brent Kendall, on what went on in SCOTUS today: The Supreme Court said it would consider a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell PLC that poses the question of whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for allegedly aiding human-rights abuses overseas, Brent writes. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 3:06 am
Rees, Royal Dutch Shell plc; David Brynmor Thomas, 39 Essex Street; Teresa Giovannini, LALIVE and Constantine Partasides, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 9:15 am
” “WikiLeaks Touches Shell,” December 10, 2010 Royal Dutch Shell PLC feared it could lose the bulk of its oil-license acreage in Nigeria after the country’s new Petroleum Industry Bill is passed, according to one in a series of diplomatic cables that offer glimpses into the intersection between business and politics in Africa’s biggest oil producer. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 11:39 am
For example, commentators have noted that the Royal Dutch settlement in the Netherlands was pursued by Royal Dutch Shell as much as it was by the investors in an effort to [read post]
23 May 2011, 5:38 am
Those air permits would be spared from review by the Environmental Appeals Board and would not need to consider whether a project would cause air quality problems at sea.The measure comes as a response to the five-year struggle by Royal Dutch Shell PLC to start drilling in federal waters off the northern coast of Alaska...Also set to be marked up tomorrow is a bill that would form a commission of Cabinet-level officials to study the cumulative economic impact of… [read post]
11 May 2011, 3:03 pm
Government approved on Wednesday, May 11, a Royal Dutch Shell PLC plan to drill for oil in five locations deep under the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
11 May 2011, 10:36 am
Government approved on Wednesday, May 11, a Royal Dutch Shell PLC plan to drill for oil in five locations deep under the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 1:12 pm
The Gulf oil spill ban, which was lifted several months ago by the Obama administration, continues to hurt big oil companies such as Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC. [read post]
16 Nov 2010, 8:42 am
” • Royal Dutch Shell plc and Transocean Ltd. also avoided prosecution but came in for substantially more severe financial penalties. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 7:28 am
Plaintiffs were a class of residents of the Ogoni region of Nigeria, where defendants Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport & Trading Company PLC (collectively, “Shell”) were engaged in petroleum exploration and production operations through a Nigerian subsidiary. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 7:12 am
Legal heads from top companies including Royal Dutch Shell, British Airways and Nokia Corporation outlined their measures to drive down expenditure on law firms in a bid to ease financial pressures at a breakfast forum hosted by The College of Law in London last week. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 5:10 am
A federal appeals court last week dismissed claims that defendants including Royal Dutch Shell PLC aided alleged human rights abuses in Nigeria, ruling that corporations cannot be found liable under the Alien Tort Statute. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 8:37 am
[JURIST] Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [opinion, PDF] a verdict in favor of Royal Dutch Shell PLC [corporate website] in a case brought by families of Nigerian protesters who were executed [UNHCR backgrounder] by the previous Nigerian government in 1995 for speaking out against the oil company. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 11:43 am
A coalition of over 140 investors wants the opportunity to scrutinize Royal Dutch Shell plc's decision to invest in Alberta's oil sands. [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 8:36 am
., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc gave the green light to a joint $37 billion investment in the Gorgon liquefied natural gas development project off the northwest coast of Australia. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 11:41 pm
,ConocoPhillips, Hess Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc. were among 33 companies that settled the case. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 5:58 am
In one of the most prominent recent cases, Royal Dutch Shell PLC paid $15.5 million in June to settle a lawsuit claiming it was complicit in the Nigerian government’s execution of activists who had protested Shell’s oil production in the country. [read post]
19 Jul 2009, 8:30 am
., Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Lukoil, ENI, Total SA, and Gazprom. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 1:20 am
[JURIST] A $15.5 million settlement [press release] was reached Monday between Royal Dutch Shell PLC [corporate website] and the families of nine Nigerian activists who were killed in 1995. [read post]
