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Texas Lawyer

Remembering Fort Worth Lawyer Dee Kelly

Dee Kelly, who founded Kelly Hart & Hallman in 1979 and became Fort Worth's most recognizable and politically-influential lawyer, died on Oct. 2. He was 86.
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National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: SCOTUS Docket Grows | Law Clerk's 'Senseless' Text Messages

A Washington federal judge calls his law clerk's text messages to a lawyer in a pending case "regrettable" and "senseless." The justices on Thursday tacked on 13 more cases to this term's docket. Virginia carried out the execution of a convicted serial killer. This is a news roundup from ALM and other publications.
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New York Law Journal

In re: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc.

By | October 01, 2015
Bankruptcy Court Did Not Err in Finding Electricity Sold to Grocer A&P Not a 'Good'
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Texas Lawyer

Turbulent Time in the Oil Patch: What to Know When Facing RIFs

As companies deal with the many implications of low oil prices on their revenues, they will invariably consider employee cuts as a way to deal with decreasing budgets.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Docket Chat: October Arguments Draw Veteran Advocates

After a headline-making June and a long summer recess, the U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench on Oct. 5 for a bracing reminder that not all its cases will rock the world.
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Texas Lawyer

Akin Gump Advises Valero in $465M Purchase of Oil Terminals

With the legal assistance of the Houston firm of Akin Gump, Valero Energy Partners is in the process of buying the Corpus Christi Terminal Services Business from a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. for $465 million.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Gorsline v. Bd. of Supervisors of Fairfield Twp., PICS Case No. 15-1445 (Pa. Commw. Sept. 14, 2015) Leavitt, J. (22 pages).

By | September 29, 2015
The trial court erred in denying appellant's application to construct and operate a natural gas well on land in Lycoming County where the proposed use satisfied a "savings clause" requirement that the use be similar to and compatible with other uses permitted in the residential agricultural zone. Reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Red Run Mountain, Inc. v. Earth Energy Consultants, LLC, PICS Case No. 15-1451 (C.P. Lycoming June 18, 2015) Gray, J. (19 pages).

By | September 29, 2015
The president of a three-shareholder closed corporation had both statutory, as well as inherent/implied/apparent authority and agency by estoppel to execute an oil and gas exploration contract and royalty agreement on behalf of the corporation. Summary judgment granted.
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National Law Journal

'Patent Trolls' Find New Target in Energy Sector

Study found 200 percent increase in nonpracticing-entity lawsuits during the first half of 2015.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Energy: IP Rights, Carbon Emissions, and Scandal in South America

By | September 28, 2015
We're witnessing uneasy times in the energy sector.
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