Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz

CHAPTER 10: Domain name battle with Shell resulting from the reserves scandal

In a spectacular blunder, Shell neglected to register the top-level domain name for the newly merged company Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Shell lawyers discovered, no doubt to their shock and horror, that their most enduring critic had beaten them to the registration of royaldutchshellplc.com. Shell issued proceedings via the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) as reported by the Wall Street Journal (above) but in a spectacular public humiliation, Shell lost the case.

In 2004, a huge scandal engulfed the Royal Dutch Shell Group after it fraudulently overstated its claimed oil and gas reserves – the most important factor in determining the value of an oil company. read more

*This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, shellnews.net, and shellwikipedia.com, are owned by John Donovan - more information here. There is also a Wikipedia segment, the Shell DPA Files, "Shell and the Spies", the Shell Leaks files, the Independent Shell Archive, as well as books written and published by John Donovan - Kindle eBooks. Timeline of the Donovan Shell Feud. Toxic History of Royal Dutch Shell Group. Shell and the Donovans: The Full Media Record — 550+ Articles, 110 Books, 40 Years. *All conjured up by internet wizz, Nick Gill.

LAW SUIT ON BEHALF OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PENSION FUND AGAINST ROYAL DUTCH SHELL

EMAIL FROM BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ LLP: LEAD PLAINTIFF LAWYERS IN MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT ON BEHALF OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PENSION FUND AGAINST THE ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP, NAMED CURRENT AND FORMER SHELL DIRECTORS AND SHELL AUDITORS: CIVIL ACTION 04431 IN THE US DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY read more

*This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, shellnews.net, and shellwikipedia.com, are owned by John Donovan - more information here. There is also a Wikipedia segment, the Shell DPA Files, "Shell and the Spies", the Shell Leaks files, the Independent Shell Archive, as well as books written and published by John Donovan - Kindle eBooks. Timeline of the Donovan Shell Feud. Toxic History of Royal Dutch Shell Group. Shell and the Donovans: The Full Media Record — 550+ Articles, 110 Books, 40 Years. *All conjured up by internet wizz, Nick Gill.

Watchdog lawyer sues Shell, execs over reserves

Economic Times: Watchdog lawyer sues Shell, execs over reserves

Posted 27 June 04

NEW YORK: The army of lawyers swarming around Royal Dutch/Shell Group, which touched off a collapse in its stock price after it admitted inflating proved reserves, has just been joined by a well-known veteran.

Securities lawyer William Lerach, a lead player in many of the biggest shareholder class action suits of the past two decades, on Friday filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit against Shell and its executives in a New Jersey state court.

The suit on behalf of the UNITE National Retirement Fund and the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund — alleges Shell directors and auditors failed to properly monitor company management, which ran afoul of new Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform rules in the United States. read more

*This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, shellnews.net, and shellwikipedia.com, are owned by John Donovan - more information here. There is also a Wikipedia segment, the Shell DPA Files, "Shell and the Spies", the Shell Leaks files, the Independent Shell Archive, as well as books written and published by John Donovan - Kindle eBooks. Timeline of the Donovan Shell Feud. Toxic History of Royal Dutch Shell Group. Shell and the Donovans: The Full Media Record — 550+ Articles, 110 Books, 40 Years. *All conjured up by internet wizz, Nick Gill.