Miriam Rozen

March 29, 2017 | National Law Journal

Don't stop the game in the final minutes. That's the sports analogy that best fits environmentalist lawyers' reaction to a Trump administration bid to halt Clean Power Plan litigation pending in the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read

March 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The move, opposed by Exxon Mobil, puts the AGs of New York and Massachusetts on their home turf as they try to enforce a subpoena for decades of records related to global warming.

By Miriam Rozen

10 minute read

March 28, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

"Hazy" pretty much describes the forecast after a ruling this month sending the Texas Regional Haze Rule back to the Environmental Protection Agency for retooling.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

March 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

Lawyers in the fight had already begun writing motions and responses, even before Scott Pruitt, the Trump-appointed director of the EPA, announced that the White House would issue an order on March 27 withdrawing the Clean Power Plan.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

March 23, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

For the Texas Railroad Commission, there is one proposed reform that appears on the wishlists of both energy industry and public watchdog groups. It's the creation of a searchable data base, particularly about complaints filed, and which, if properly developed, would be useful for lawyers who represent clients before the Texas Railroad Commission.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

March 22, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Austin partner Barry Smitherman resigned from Vinson & Elkins in January and was said to be in line to run the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Weeks later, he's mum on his prospects.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

March 21, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Hard-luck reporters assigned to the State Department who must chase reticent Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for his rare comments now have company: the lawyers lining up to learn what "Wayne Tracker" had to say.

By Miriam Rozen

12 minute read

March 20, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Baker Botts' client Cobalt International Energy disclosed that SEC has initiated an "informal inquiry" about Cobalt's payments for a technology center in Angola.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

March 16, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

When are degrees from Yale and Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law not enough education? When they are held by that U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Science Committee, according to 314 Action, a nonprofit advocacy group for promoting science education.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

March 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

Diana Liebmann, a partner in Haynes and Boone, who has developed the firm's electrical power legal practice from scratch, and knows that the Lone Star state ranks top in the nation for producing wind energy.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read