Should a Power Company Be Held Responsible for Wildfires?

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

If you’ve been following the news, you know that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it is facing tens of billions of dollars in liability for

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16 states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:51:14 +0000

16 states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration

California and 15 other states have filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Bangladesh wants ‘our people’s money’ back; RCBC calls suit ‘a PR campaign’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:26:37 +0000

Bangladesh wants ‘our people’s money’ back; RCBC calls suit ‘a PR campaign’

The central bank of Bangladesh has sued Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) in the United States, seeking damages and the return of $81 million stolen from its account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2016.

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Lawsuits Raise Stakes on Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Vote

As a vote by owners on the fate of the Vogtle nuclear expansion project hangs in the balance, the City of Jacksonville, Florida, and JEA—the city’s municipal utility that serves about 458,000 electric customers—filed a complaint in the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida on September 11 asking for declaratory judgment on a power purchase […]

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With no prosecution witness, judge calls off De Lima hearing

With no prosecution witness, judge calls off De Lima hearing

A hearing on detained Senator Leila de Lima’s drug trading case came to an abrupt end on Tuesday after the prosecution failed to present its first witness, former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) head, Director Benjamin Magalong.

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Sessions bites back as Trump says impeachment would sink economy

Sessions bites back as Trump says impeachment would sink economy

US President Donald Trump has warned the US economy would collapse if he were impeached, as legal chaos roiling the White House had experts saying his presidency is under threat.

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