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“Corners Were Being Cut”: Baldwin Shooting Already Has The Makings of a Blockbuster Tort Action

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Many of the crew were from California but the set is in New Mexico. c) Vehicular—… New Mexico has a similar provision that allows “involuntary manslaughter” charges for “the commission of a lawful act which might produce death in an unlawful manner or without due caution and circumspection.”

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. County of Maui v.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia allowed American Petroleum Institute and the State of Wyoming to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit filed earlier in 2021 in which environmental groups challenge BLM’s approval of 1,153 oil and gas leases on public lands in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Haaland , No.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Jacobson demanded damages from Clack and NAS “to be determined at trial believed to be in excess of Ten Million Dollars,” plus punitive damages and attorney fees. Pipeline Company Asked Federal Court to Declare That Federal Law Preempted New York Permitting Requirements. In re Public Service Company of New Mexico , No.

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