Zoning limits in Pa. gas drilling law struck down

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: July 26, 2012
Tags: act 13, Commonwealth Court, drilling, fracking, gas, limits, marcellus shale, natural gas, pennsylvania, president judge dan pellegrini, struck down, zoning

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania appellate court panel on Thursday struck down provisions in a new law regulating the state’s booming natural gas industry that opponents said would leave municipalities defenseless to protect homeowners, parks and schools from being surrounded by drilling sites or waste pits. The decision was a defeat for Gov. Tom Corbett [...]

Supreme Court takes another arbitration case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 2, 2011
Tags: arbitration case, class action lawsuits, consumers, limits, plea, Supreme Court, united states

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider a plea from companies that cater to people with bad credit to keep disputes with their customers out of court and in the more business-friendly forum of arbitration. Days after handing businesses a huge victory by limiting class action claims against them, the court said Monday it will [...]

Justices impose limits on class actions

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 27, 2011
Tags: anthony kennedy, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, Chief Justice John Roberts, class action, Justice Antonin Scalia, lawsuits, limits, senate judiciary committee, Supreme Court, Vincent Concepcion

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the ability of people to combine forces and fight corporations together when they want to dispute contracts for cell phones, cable television and other services, a move consumer advocates called a crushing blow. In a 5-4 ideological split, the high court’s conservatives said businesses can block their [...]

New septic limits concern rural lawmakers

BY: marylandreporter.com
POSTED: February 15, 2011
Tags: Annapolis, chesapeake bay foundation, environmentalists, gov. martin o'malley, laws, limits, pollution, processed, Sen. Paul G. Pinsky, Senate Republican Whip E.J. Pipkin, septic systems, sewage

ANNAPOLIS — As far as some rural lawmakers are concerned, the proposed new limits on septic systems for homebuilding backed by Gov. Martin O’Malley and environmentalists are part of a “war on rural Maryland,” as a new website describes it. “This is about a power grab, this is not about the environment,” said Senate Republican [...]