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Judge Approves $225M Settlement With Exxon in Pollution Case

N.J. Judge Michael J. Hogan recently approved New Jersey's $225 million settlement with Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. that resolves the state's claims for natural resource damage against Exxon.
4 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Business Advocates Criticize High Court Denials in Key Cases

When U.S. Supreme Court justices are asked why they decide so few cases—only 66 signed opinions last term—they often respond with a “show me” challenge. As in: “show me the cases that we should have taken up but didn’t.”
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Jury Awards $70M Verdict in O&G Fraud Case

A jury in Fisher County handed down a $70 million verdict in connection with a case involving allegations by two groups of investors, including Lowry Hunt of Mansfield's L.W. Hunt Resources and Richard Raughton of Fort Worth, who claimed that they were conned out of sizable profits from West Texas oil and gas production leases.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Supreme Court Ruling Reins in DEEP Authority

Over the years, some attorneys say state environmental officials have gone too far in demanding information and studies from businesses applying for a wide range of permits. Now the state Supreme Court has reined in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in a decision that observers say is likely to have widespread impact on environmental lawyers and companies that interact with the agency.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Coral Gables, Others Oppose Lifting Solar Restrictions

Tallahassee lawyer Floyd Self, who grew up in Coral Gables, fears a large solar facility unregulated in the middle of residential housing.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Business Flowing in the Land of 10,000 Lakes

Minneapolis's legal sector is healthy these days, amid a strong local economy and a diverse array of corporate sectors providing law firms with a varied diet of business.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fourth Court OKs Drilling Through Rival's Mineral Estate

The Fourth Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor of Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC in a subsurface trespass case brought by Lightning Oil Co.
4 minute read

The Recorder

ONRC Action v. United States Bureau of Reclamation

By | August 21, 2015
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Circuit Resurrects Nuisance Case for O&G Drilling

The Fifth Circuit recently dealt with an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas involving a nuisance suit brought by several homeowners in Parker County, Texas, claiming that Devon Energy Corp. carried out oil and gas drilling activities in their neighborhood that were noisy and disruptive and inhibited their use of their land.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Third Circuit Rules on Behalf of Former O&G CEO in Investor Fraud Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit entered a permanent injunction forbidding the group of former limited partners of SemCrude from proceeding in state court in their shareholder derivative lawsuit against SemCrude.
4 minute read

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