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Texas sues feds over offshore drilling ban
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sued President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday over its new deepwater offshore drilling moratorium.
AG Abbott sues BP over emissions
Abbott AUSTIN(Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday charged BP Products North America with "illegally emitting" close to 500,000 pounds of pollutants from its Texas City refinery for more than a month.
Insurer writing 'loser pays' policies to defendants
Fundum LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - One of the country's leading writers of insurance policies for businesses is partnering up to launch a first-of-its-kind contract litigation insurance policy to protect defendants from "loser pays" provisions.
Texas has another problem with Obama's EPA
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Monday his office filed a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to disapprove the state's Flexible Permits Program.
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Kagan
Kagan WASHINGTON(Legal Newsline) - Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.