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Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court to Review "Implied" Performance Controversy in Oil-Gas Leases

Mineral rights owners around the country are watching a West Texas lease termination dispute the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Sharp and Profound' Policy Shifts Prompt DC Law Firms to Evaluate Opportunities, Challenges

Partners say they expect certain practices to benefit from President-elect Donald Trump's regulatory agenda, such as international trade, antitrust, tax and national security. At the same time, some areas may see a slowdown.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

O'Melveny, Vinson & Elkins Recruit Energy Partners in Houston, DC

The hiring comes as Big Law energy practices, including those focused on oil and gas transactions, are expected to stay busy under a second Trump presidency.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Seyfarth Launches Energy Transactions Practice in Houston With Polsinelli Team

A team from Polsinelli, led by partner Chris Cottrell, moved to Seyfarth Shaw's Houston office to start an energy transactions practice at the firm.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Environmental Justice: Past, Present and Future

One of the most significant policy developments to emerge in recent years is the concept of environmental justice or "EJ." Indeed, we have been knee-deep in EJ policies, legislation, and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Appeals Court Reverses $1.5M Award Against Oil, Gas Equipment Firm

The appeals court said a contract must be sufficiently definite in its terms to be legally binding.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Are Superfund Sites Ever Really Closed?

Superfund Sites are notorious for taking a long time to resolve. But are they ever really closed? Superfund settlements are intended to provide settling parties with finality. The incorporation of reopener clauses in Superfund settlement agreements, typically required by EPA, and changes in the regulation of contaminants can undermine this goal. EPA's recent decisions to list certain PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances, revise the risk evaluation for 1,4,-dioxane, and lower risk levels for lead have dramatically increased the likelihood that Superfund Sites across the country may be reopened.
10 minute read

International Edition

Leigh Day Cleared of Wrongdoing in £55M Shell Settlement with Nigeria

London's High Court dismissed unauthorized disbursement claims against law firm Leigh Day related to a £55 million settlement over an oil spill in Nigeria.
2 minute read

International Edition

Latham, White & Case Lead on Nigeria's Longstanding $1.3B Oil Deal

Latham & Watkins and White & Case are at the forefront of Seplat's $1.3 billion acquisition of Exxon Mobil's Nigerian onshore assets, finally approved after nearly three years of delays, marking a significant milestone in the country's energy sector.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

An Engineering Firm Will Investigate Georgia's Deadly Dock Collapse

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing relatives of three of people who died this past weekend, said Tuesday that he doesn't trust the state to investigate the collapse and called for the Department of Justice to investigate.
3 minute read

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