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Texas Lawyer

$100M Claim: Vinson & Elkins Gets Defense Win in California Energy Law

"We told them the other side would be showing only snippets of documents ... that they were trying to use a small flashlight in a dark room," Vinson & Elkins partner Stephanie Noble said. "We wanted to flip the switch and show them the whole room."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

EPA Finalizes New Suite of Clean Air Act Regulations for Oil and Gas Industry

With Pennsylvania producing more natural gas than any other state except Texas, oil and gas producers and midstream operators must contend with another slate of new, more stringent federal air requirements.
8 minute read

International Edition

US Law Firms Clinch $4.8B Debt Restructuring for Brazilian Miner Samarco

The joint venture between Brazil's Vale and BHP has required extensive assistance from Cleary Gottlieb, Davis Polk, Sullivan & Cromwell, Norton Rose and more than a dozen Brazilian law firms in the wake of a devastating tailings dam collapse in 2015.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Southern Governors 'Proud' to End Decades-Old 'Water Wars' Legal Dispute

"This historic agreement will give Georgians and businesses, alike, certainty when it comes to water flow," Gov. Brian Kemp tweeted on X.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

High Interest Rates Derail Grand Plans, Make Companies Vulnerable to Failure-to-Disclose Suits

Nuclear reactor company NuScale Power's failed Idaho project has spurred at least one lawsuit so far from plaintiff attorneys who say executives' comments about the likelihood of pulling it off were overly rosy.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

EPA Methane Rule Likely to Face Legal Challenges Despite Being 'Conventional' Rule

"In the last few years, people really began to appreciate the importance of methane as part of the climate problem," Daniel Farber, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Baker Botts Boosts Energy Transition Team With Shearman 'Superstar' in NY

Shearman & Sterling energy and infrastructure partner Mona Dajani has moved to Baker Botts in New York, where she will serve as global co-chair of energy infrastructure and hydrogen, and a co-chair of the firm's energy sector practice.
4 minute read

International Edition

Clyde & Co. to Open in Warsaw With Large Partner-Led Team Hire From Dentons

The new office will open in the new year with a team of around 23 professionals, including three partners originally from Dentons Warsaw, Clyde & Co. said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change During the NEPA Process

At the time of NEPA's enactment, climate change was not perceived as a serious environmental threat. More recently, scientific evidence has shown that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cause adverse environmental impacts, including global warming, sea level rise and climate disruption.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

EPA Finalizes Rule to Curtail Methane Emissions, Impose Stringent Standard on Oil and Gas Operations

Industry expresses concern with a regulation that risks "undercutting U.S. production in the near and long-term."
3 minute read

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