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60 plaintiffs settle with Pacifica Graduate Institute

By   /  Friday, February 3rd, 2017  /  Latest news, Law & Goverment  /  Comments Off on 60 plaintiffs settle with Pacifica Graduate Institute

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Motion to change venue of Plains All American Pipeline criminal case denied

By   /  Friday, January 27th, 2017  /  Energy, Latest news, Law & Goverment  /  Comments Off on Motion to change venue of Plains All American Pipeline criminal case denied

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Jean Dandona denied Plains All American Pipeline’s request to move its criminal case to Kern County. Plains was indicted on 46 felony counts for the May 2015 oil spill that soiled the Gaviota Coast. Plains did not prepare nor maintain its pipelines properly and did not notify the proper Read More →

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Regulators order Plains to purge Line 903 of corrosive crude

By   /  Friday, November 13th, 2015  /  Energy, Latest news, Top Stories  /  1 Comment

Regulators have ordered Plains All American Pipeline to empty corrosive crude oil that’s been sitting in Line 903 since it was partially shut down in late May. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration issued on Nov. 13 an amendment to the original corrective action order requiring that Plains purges Read More →

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Dubroff: Litigation, criminal probe could put squeeze on oil pipeline operator

By   /  Friday, July 3rd, 2015  /  Central Coast, Columns, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Tourism, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Litigation, criminal probe could put squeeze on oil pipeline operator

When Barry Cappello litigates, people listen. Which is why his June 23 lawsuit seeking class action status and unspecified damages against Plains All American Pipeline may prove to be a turning point in the sorry history of the Refugio oil spill. “It was a disaster waiting to happen again and again,” is the way Cappello Read More →