Criminal Law – May 21, 2012

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 5/14/2012

Below are excerpts from Reed's recent testimony before a legislative hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs regarding Lacey Act reform....more

by McAfee & Taft on 4/20/2012

After pleading guilty to felony violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and obstruction of justice in October 2011, Pelican Refining Company LLC, a Texas oil company operating in Lake Charles, LA, was sentenced to a $10 million...more

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/17/2012

In This Article: Federal Government Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince...more

by Nathan Cecil on 2/28/2012

New Commonwealth laws have come into effect which extend strict liability for oil pollution to Charterers and increase penalties fortyfold....more

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 1/4/2012

In This Article: • Federal Government • Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland • Northwest Territories • Nova Scotia • Nunavut • Ontario • Prince Edward Island •...more

by Warner Norcross & Judd - White Collar on 11/10/2011

GEM Manufacturing LLC, a high-end jewelry and sculpture company headquartered in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, pled guilty to seven counts of violations of both the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act. Last Wednesday,...more

by Warner Norcross & Judd - White Collar on 10/18/2011

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana, announced that Pelican Refining Company LLC pled guilty to felony violations of the Clean...more

by Ifrah Law - Strategic Defense in Federal... on 10/12/2011

On September 30, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ordered the United States to pay $1.7 million in a malicious prosecution lawsuit to Hubert Vidrine, based on findings that the U.S....more