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Can Markets Solve the Water Pollution Problem?

This article originally appeared on the Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace, and is the final installment in a five-part series on water markets around the globe. Figuring out how to encourage individuals to do something voluntarily for the greater ...

From ROB LUKE, GreenBiz,  2 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency

Contingency fee ruling in lead paint case heads for Calif. SC

4/10/2008 by Rob Luke SACRAMENTO -- A California county can resume suing the manufacturers of lead paint while retaining private attorneys on contingency to represent it. For now. The California Appeals Court for the 6th appellate district this ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  10 Apr 2008

At 74, Wisconsin Chief Justice seeks 10 more years

4/9/2008 by Rob Luke MADISON -- Seventy-four-year-old Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson will run for a fourth consecutive 10-year term in 2009. The Chief Justice's announcement this week sets up yet another campaign of ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  9 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Michael Gableman,  U.S. Republican Party

Western states' water fight still a shoot-out at USSC

4/8/2008 by Rob Luke CASPER -- Wyoming officials say the U.S. Supreme Court (USSC) should dismiss Montana's water fight lawsuit against their state because of wording in a river-use compact between them. The Wyoming State Engineer recently called ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  8 Apr 2008

Favored Baker lands recent vacancy on Iowa SC

4/7/2008 by Rob Luke DES MOINES -- Iowa Gov. Chet Culver satisfied most state handicappers by last week appointing Court of Appeals Judge David L. Baker to the Iowa Supreme Court. Baker was the only judge to land on the three-person shortlist to ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  7 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Chet Culver

TX insurers' lawyers can defend clients, SC rules

4/4/2008 by Rob Luke AUSTIN -- Insurance companies in Texas may use their staff attorneys to defend claims against their insured parties but only when there is no conflict of interest between the two sides, the Texas SC ruled this week. In ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  4 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Phil Johnson

Lawmakers launch probe into Minn. AG's fight with union

4/4/2008 by Rob Luke ST. PAUL -- The state legislature is now probing the recent escalation of a long-simmering dispute between Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson and employees trying to join a powerful public-sector union. The state's ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  4 Apr 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

NJ's top court undermines punitive damages awards

4/3/2008 by Rob Luke TRENTON -- Punitive damage awards should take financial health into account and should not be increased as a "general deterrent," the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week. In Tarr v. Bob Ciasulli's Mack Auto Mall (docket# A- ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  3 Apr 2008

Dann wants lead paint lawsuit back from federal court

4/2/2008 by Rob Luke COLUMBUS -- Ohio attorney General Marc Dann is fighting to have a key public-nuisance lead paint litigation case returned to the state court system it was originally filed in. Defendant company Atlantic-Richfield Co. (ARCO) ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  2 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Marc Dann

Back-to-back ballot wins tip Badger State SC to right

4/2/2008 by Rob Luke MADISON -- The 4-3 majority previously held by the left on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has shifted dramatically to the right following yesterday's statewide vote. Conservative-backed circuit judge Michael J. Gableman ...

From ROB LUKE, Legal NewsLine,  2 Apr 2008

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