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29 Aug 2011, 2:43 pm
In this recent decision by the federal judge in New Orleans, the federal judge similarly ruled that the United States Oil Pollution Act did not have any bearing on the General Maritime Law claims for punitive damages. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 10:00 pm
"They're still searching," she said of her husband, who has worked on oil rigs for 29 years. [read post]
10 Nov 2005, 11:39 pm
[JURIST] The UN Joint Disciplinary Committee has concluded that the only employee fired during the UN oil-for-food scandal [JURIST news archive] did not violate staff rules and should be reinstated, according to the ruling obtained by the Associated Press Thursday. [read post]
21 Dec 2005, 12:47 pm
[JURIST] AP is reporting that the US Senate has rejected a proposal to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) [official website] to oil drilling. [read post]
12 Oct 2005, 1:16 am
[JURIST] Former French UN ambassador Jean-Bernard Merimee is expected to appear before a French judge Wednesday after having been detained by authorities investigating allegations of fraud and corruption in the UN Oil-for-Food program [official website; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
15 Nov 2005, 5:42 am
[JURIST] The only United Nations [official website] official to lose his job over the oil-for-food scandal [JURIST news archive] has been reinstated, after an internal appellate body found that he had not violated staff rules [JURIST report]. [read post]
17 May 2005, 2:56 pm
[JURIST] British Member of Parliament George Galloway [BBC profile] Tuesday vehemently denied charges [BBC video] that he benefited from the UN Oil-for-Food program while testifying during a hearing [agenda and prepared testimony] before the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations [official website]. [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 8:58 am
Great Lakes racing to prepare for new kind of oil spill - Bitumen from tar sands are heavier and sink to the bottom in fresh water Environmental Information Specialists -- WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet -- eNewsUSA blog -- EcoBizPort.com(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 5:29 pm
If you are a Gulf Coast resident looking for more information on how to make an oil spill claim against BP, please visit our blog dedicated to this topic. [read post]
7 May 2005, 4:49 am
[JURIST] Representative Henry Hyde, GOP chairman of the US House International Relations Committee now undertaking a Congressional review of the UN Oil-for-Food scandal, refused late Friday to hand back to the UN-appointed Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) [official website] probing the UN program sensitive IIC documents subpoenaed by Congress and handed over to US lawmakers [JURIST report] by [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 4:48 am
[JURIST] Canadian government leaders reached an agreement [text, PDF; press release, PDF] with Nova Scotian officials on Sunday which requires the Canadian government to pay the province $235 million CAD for lost profits from prior government offshore oil and gas projects. [read post]
23 Jul 2004, 8:50 am
US District Judge Lynn Hughes ordered Friday the extradition of the former chief of Mexico oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for embezzlement and misappropriation of funds charges. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 2:55 pm
For years, companies in the oil and energy industry have been the victims of attempts to steal e-mail and other sensitive information from hackers believed to be in China, according to a new report from McAfee. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 10:00 am
Citizens for Tax Justice, Arthur Laffer's Tax Cut Snake Oil Citizens for Tax Justice, Arthur Laffer's Bad Data Misleads Lawmakers Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Arthur Laffer Regression Analysis is Fundamentally Flawed, Offers No Support for Economic Growth Claims Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “High Rate” Income Tax... [read post]
16 Mar 2005, 6:27 am
[JURIST] The US Senate voted 51-49 [Senate roll call] Wednesday afternoon to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [official website]. [read post]
10 Feb 2006, 2:19 am
[JURIST] Andrew Lindberg [corporate profile], chief executive of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) [corporate website], has stepped down from his position as the Australian judicial inquiry [Cole Commission website] continues its fourth week of investigations into alleged Australian connections to the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 9:00 am
[JURIST] The Russian Supreme Court [official website, in Russian] ruled Wednesday that the 2003 arrest of Platon Lebedev [defense website], business partner of former Yukos oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive], was illegal. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 8:11 am
[JURIST] The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) [official website] in The Hague issued an order [text, PDF; materials] Wednesday redrawing boundaries of Sudan's oil-producing Abyei region. [read post]
29 Oct 2005, 11:59 am
[JURIST] Democrats on the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations [official website] claimed in a minority staff report [PDF] on the UN Oil-for-Food scandal released Friday that the US Treasury Department failed to respond to UN requests for help in investigating business improprieties and missed an opportunity to stop at least one US corporation from [read post]
25 Oct 2005, 8:06 am
[JURIST] British Member of Parliament George Galloway [BBC profile] Tuesday rejected fresh accusations from US congressional investigators that he profited from the now defunct UN Oil-for-Food Program [official website; JURIST news archive] in Iraq. [read post]
