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BP Trial Will Be in January, Louisiana AG Caldwell Says [USA] - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

BP Trial Will Be in January, Louisiana AG Caldwell Says [USA] The first trial over the BP.oil spill will be scheduled for Jan. 14, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said. The initial trial date, set for March this year, was postponed when BP and lawyers for private parties reached a $7.8 billion partial settlement of claims. BP and the plaintiffs’ lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, who is overseeing the lawsuits, to postpone any trial on liability until after a Nov. 8 fairness hearing on the settlement. [also refers to Transocean, Halliburton, Mitsui, MOEX (part of Mitsui), Anadarko] Story Timeline

Parents seeking to block Terrebonne s closing of Pointe-aux-Chenes School lose round in court

Parents seeking to block Terrebonne s closing of Pointe-aux-Chenes School lose round in court Kezia Setyawan, The Courier © Kezia Setyawan/Houma Courier-Thibodaux Daily Comet Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School A federal judge has rejected parents request to immediately halt the Terrebonne Parish School Board s actions to close Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary until a hearing on their lawsuit is held. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rejected the plaintiffs request for a temporary restraining order in a decision Friday.  To win such a ruling, plaintiffs are usually required to show irreparable harm will occur unless a judge takes immediate action. That s something the School Board, in court  papers, argues the plaintiffs have failed to show.  

A Dangerous Master | Free Inquiry

On December 6, 1999, after a successful landing, a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unexpectedly accelerated its taxiing speed to 178 mph and, at a curve in the runway, veered off the paved surface. Its nose gear collapsed in the adjacent desert, causing $5.3 million in damage. At the time of the accident, the operators piloting the UAV from the safety of their control station had no idea why it had occurred. An Air Force investigation attributed the acceleration to software problems compounded by “a breakdown in supervision.” A spokesperson for Northrop Grumman, the UAV’s manufacturer, placed blame for the excessive speed totally upon the operators. There was certainly some delay in the operators’ recognition of the UAV’s unanticipated behavior. Even after they realized something was wrong, they did not understand which of its programmed subroutines the aircraft was following. The compensating instructions they did provide were either not received or not accommoda

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