An appeals panel ordered all offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast to halt pending further review in a ruling celebrated by green groups.
This settlement will go towards members of two classes in the lawsuit – the fishers, fish processors and shoreline property residents – for the damages caused seven years ago when a corroded pipeline spilled an estimated 15,000 barrels of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean.
A California federal judge has mostly ruled in favor of a certified class of flight attendants who accuse United Airlines of violating the Golden State's wage statement law, but he held that a jury must decide how much United owes in civil penalties for the labor code violations.