$6M Sierra Club Lashing Puts Fee Penalties Back Into Play

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez ( September 10, 2014, 6:55 PM EDT) -- A Texas federal judge's recent decision to force the Sierra Club to pay $6.4 million in attorneys' fees for filing a "frivolous" Clean Air Act citizen suit has excited defense attorneys, who experts say may now seek to impose the rarely used penalty on environmental groups more often....

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