Toxic waste deal won't halt case
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A $198m deal with the Ivorian government over a toxic waste incident will not stop a group action case, say lawyers.
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A US judge refused to toss out a multi-billion-dollar civil lawsuit brought against French parties implicated in the allegedly fraudulent 1990s purchase of US insurer Executive Life.
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A UK lawyer is to bring a group action on behalf on thousands of people in Ivory Coast who claim they were injured by "toxic waste".
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 27--CLOVER -- York County is not yet done with one landfill dispute, but it soon might be taking up another.
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By Rolf Boone, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 16--OLYMPIA -- Repaving of a Port of Olympia cargo yard can continue after a legal effort Friday to prohibit the work was denied in Thurston County Superior Court.
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A federal judge has upheld the government's practice of allowing development to proceed even if it is discovered after a project begins that the work could endanger protected species.
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Lawmakers agreed Friday to provide enough money to keep alive plans for a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, but they put off trying to resolve a dispute over radiation protection that could doom the project if not resolved.
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By Molly Parker, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.  Feb. 24--PEORIA -- The hazardous waste landfill in Pottstown moved one  step closer to expansion Friday with a move that could also put an end to  costly and time-consuming litigation.
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JAMES Hardie Industries NV today said it was closer to signing off on a compensation agreement for future asbestos victims. But the building products group has refused to say whether the agreement - potentially
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By Jeffrey S. Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 18--A public hearing scheduled for tonight could determine whether a contract to build a giant landfill in Camden County will be extended to pay early dividends and accept trash from a reduced number of states.
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By DECLAN FERRY  COUNCIL bosses admitted yesterday they will not meet next Friday's deadline for restoring a city's clean water supply.   Director of Services Ciaran Hayes said Galway's supply from the Luimnagh treatment plant will not be flowing for another three weeks.
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By Peter MacMahon Scottish Goverment Editor  THE company behind controversial plans to site the world's largest onshore wind farm in the Western Isles last night strongly denied that pressing ahead with the project would breach European rules on protecting wildlife.
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WASHINGTON: On the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak disaster on Friday a federal lawsuit is pending in New York against Union Carbide and former CEO Warren Anderson for environmental remediation of the factory site.
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By JULIAN WALKER  The State Water Control Board has another lawsuit on its hands related to a proposed 165-acre mixed-use development in Chesterfield County.
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But the company, which appeared on an Oracle takeover list, acknowledges that it can't stop someone from trying.
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The company is willing to pay $10,000 each to the owners of nearly 500 contaminated homes in an upstate village if the owners give up their right to sue over pollution.
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DENVER -- A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate the discrimination lawsuit brought by former US Olympic Committee drug czar Wade Exum.