Justice

The Department of Justice has filed a complaint and consent order in a federal court in North Carolina that requires El Paso Natural Gas Co. and successor owners of a contaminated textile plant site in the state to pay $1.61 million for remediation and other costs incurred by the federal government.

Rowan Companies Inc., pursuant to a plea agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), last Tuesday pleaded guilty to three felony counts in a federal court in Beaumont, TX, in connection with the dumping of oil and other pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico by supervisory workers on its Rowan-Midland drilling rig during the period from 2002 through 2004.

Rowan Companies Inc., pursuant to a plea agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), has pled guilty to three felony counts in a federal court in Beaumont, TX, in connection with the dumping of oil and other pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico by one of its drilling rigs, Rowan-Midland, during the period from 2002 through 2004.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday said it will not oppose on antitrust grounds a proposal by a group of oil and natural gas producers, oilfield service companies and the University of Texas to engage in joint research and development involving the application of nanotechnology to the exploration and production of oil and gas.

Nearly seven years to the date of a major explosion on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline system that killed 12 people in New Mexico, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT) last Thursday announced a settlement that requires comprehensive reform of the natural gas pipeline’s entire 10,000-mile system and orders El Paso to pay a multi-million-dollar civil penalty.

Nearly seven years to the date of a major explosion on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline system that killed 12 people in New Mexico, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT) Thursday announced a settlement that requires comprehensive reform of the natural gas pipeline’s entire 10,000-mile system and orders El Paso to pay a multi-million-dollar civil penalty.

Proving that while it might be down it is definitely not out of the bidding war to acquire the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) following Monday’s Department of Justice (DOJ) ruling, IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE) fired back Tuesday evening with an enhanced merger proposal to CBOT.

Duke Energy and Cinergy received antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice for their $9 billion merger. The agencies granted early termination of the waiting period imposed by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

The Department of Justice’s Enron Task Force has filed a motion in a Houston federal court seeking to try former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay in May or June on bank fraud charges for allegedly issuing false statements for loans he obtained.