Shell, Enviro Group Ordered To 'Actually Speak For 4 Hours'

By Dorothy Atkins ( April 15, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT) -- An apparently frustrated Connecticut federal judge on Wednesday ordered Shell and an environmental advocacy group to try to resolve remaining disputes in Clean Water Act litigation before they appear before him again, ruling that counsel "must actually speak for four hours," and "time spent composing e-mails, even lengthy ones" doesn't count....

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