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Texas Lawyer

Holland & Knight Lands Latin America Energy Pro in Houston

Adrian Talamantes spent just 18 months at Morgan Lewis before Holland & Knight's "on-the-ground" presence in Mexico and Colombia lured him away.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Latin America Energy Pro Leaves Morgan Lewis for Holland & Knight After 18 Months

Adrian Talamantes spent just 18 months at Morgan Lewis before Holland & Knight's "on-the-ground" presence in Mexico and Colombia lured him away.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Decide Whether Rule of Capture Applies to Fracking

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to determine whether the rule of capture, which precludes trespass liability for drillers where oil and gas drains from surrounding lands in the course of conventional extraction from an underground pool, applies where shale gas is extracted through hydraulic fracturing.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Reed Smith Adds Finance Partner With Energy Experience in Texas

Reed Smith, which opened its Houston office in early 2013, has added 21 lawyers in Houston this year.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

McCarthy Tétrault Expands Oil and Gas Practice in Calgary

The elite Seven 'Sister' firm has hired two partners from DLA Piper.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Rejects Challenge to Ordinance Allowing Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

In a recent en banc decision by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the court upheld a local ordinance that authorized the development of unconventional oil and gas wells in areas zoned residential and agricultural against a challenge by residents asserting that the ordinance violated the Pennsylvania Constitution's Environmental Rights Amendment.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Big Texas Firms Expand in London — and It's Not All About Energy

Spurred by the energy practice among several others, some big Texas firms are looking to latch on lawyers in London.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Upholds $1M Verdict Against Coal Company for Breach of Settlement

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed a Washington County jury's $1 million award—plus prejudgment interest—to a pair of landowners who argued that Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. breached the terms of a settlement agreement between the parties in a quiet title action.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Constant Vigilance: Why Environmental Criminal Enforcement Still Matters

On Oct. 25, Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reported that federal criminal prosecutions under environmental laws dropped 10 percent in the 2018 fiscal year from 2017 levels.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Far From Home Turf, Kirkland Team Lands 'SUPERB' Win in South Carolina

It takes a certain “My Cousin Vinny”-style boldness for a team of highfalutin lawyers from Chicago to try a case in South Carolina state court—and win.
7 minute read

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