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Settlement in Wyoming stock pond case

May 09, 2016 | By JONATHAN WOOD

The Johnson family’s long ordeal with EPA, concerning their construction of an environmentally-friendly stock pond on their private property, is finally over. After ordering Andy Johnson to remove the pond, on pain of tens of millions of dollars in potential fines, the federal government has agreed to settle the case. Importantly, under the s ...

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Yet another pro-class action decision in the Ninth Circuit

April 12, 2016 | By DEBORAH LA FETRA

Three years ago, Richard Chen and Florencio Pacleb sued Allstate Insurance Company for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. They purported to represent a class of people who received unwanted Allstate robocalls and sought the statutory remedy of $500 per unwanted call. Allstate responded to the lawsuit with a settlement offe ...

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Victory in Sansotta v. Town of Nags Head

March 27, 2015 | By JENNIFER THOMPSON

We are thrilled to report that former PLF client, Roc Sansotta, has reached a settlement agreement with the Town of Nags Head, North Carolina, to the tune of $1.5 million! Under the agreement, the Town will essentially buy Sansotta’s beachfront property and cottages, and tear them down to make the land part of the public beach. … ...

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Victory : Court orders Service to complete gray wolf status review

October 04, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Daniel Himebaugh Today, the federal district court for the Eastern District of Washington entered an order approving a settlement agreement in Washington Cattlemen's Association v. Salazar.  In that case (which I blogged about here and here), PLF attorneys represented the Cattlemen in challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...