Posts Tagged ‘environmental law’

Real estate company paying $1M for compromising wetlands

by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013

Tags: bench, court, crime, developer, ecosystem, environment, environmental law, habitat, judge, judicial, law, legal, real estate, real estate development, wetlands, wildlife

HANCOCK COUNTY — A Mississippi corporation has pleaded guilty to illegally filling wetlands near Bay St. Louis. Hancock County Land, LLC entered the plea yesterday and agreed to pay a $1-million fine and take remedial measures for two felony violations of the Clean Water Act., said U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Assistant U.S. Attorney [...] [...]

Oil spill brings class action lawsuit

by Wally Northway Published: May 4,2010

Tags: environmental law, oil spill

GULF OF MEXICO — The Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group announced that Mississippi shrimpers, oystermen and crabbers, along with Mississippi shrimping and sea food companies, have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and other Mississippi residents and businesses who have suffered economic losses caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Defendants named [...] [...]

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