Judge Martin Feldman

Judge Who Struck Down Moratorium Rules Against New Offshore Drilling Rules

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ruled that the Interior Department improperly issued new safety rules after it imposed a moratorium on deep wa...

The Corporate Courts: Fifth Circuit Judges Are Marinating in Oil

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

Nan Aron

There are many oil-drenched casualties of the tragedy in the Gulf. It would be a shame if the integrity of the judicial system was one, as well.

Arbitrary and Capricious

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Edward Flattau

Judge Feldman decided in favor of several oil-related businesses that brought a suit to block the federal government's six month moratorium on Gulf of Mexico deep water drilling in the wake of the calamitous BP oil spill.