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The PM Roundup: Remembering Luke Cole, More . . .

By Ashby Jones

And now, the afternoon roundup:

In Passing: Luke Cole: Environmental lawyer and activist Luke Cole was killed in a car accident in Uganda last week. Cole (Stanford, Harvard Law) was well-known for his work on numerous leading environmental justice cases. He co-authored a book (pictured) with Professor Sheila Foster called “From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement (NYU Press 2001), and taught courses in Environmental Justice at UC Berkeley, UC Hastings and Stanford Law. (Daily Kos; Luke Cole’s Web page)

Sotomayor Stumbles: We fully expected to be bringing you some Sonia Sotomayor news today, but didn’t expect it to be this: the Supreme Court nominee broke a bone in her foot at LaGuardia Airport and is making the rounds with Senators while on crutches. White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said she had an X-ray, which revealed a small fracture, adding, “She has been treated and released, and is looking forward to keeping her full schedule of meetings on Capitol Hill this afternoon.” (Reuters)

Shell Settles Nigerian Human-Rights Case: Royal Dutch Shell agreed to a $15.5 million settlement Monday to end a lawsuit alleging that the oil giant was complicit in the executions of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other civilians by Nigeria’s former military regime. (AP)

Full post as published by Law Blog - WSJ.com on June 08, 2009 (boomark / email).