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BP Loses Appeal to Get Spill Claimants' Confidential Info

A federal appeals court has struck down BP's effort at gaining access to confidential information about pending claims to its $9.9 billion oil spill settlement in its ongoing attempt to root out fraud.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

WPX Energy to Buy RKI Exploration for $2.75 Billion

WPX Energy, a publicly traded domestic energy producer based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with operations in the western United States, recently entered into an agreement to acquire privately held RKI Exploration & Production for $2.35 billion plus the assumption of $400 million of debt.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Marathon Petroleum to Acquire MarkWest in $21B Merger

The companies said the combination would create the fourth-largest master limited energy partnership, with a $21 billion market capitalization.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

M.C. and E.K. Lees, Inc. v. Capenos, PICS Case No. 15-1059 (Pa. Commw. July 2, 2015) McGinley, J. (18 pages).

Because appellee had filed a civil complaint challenging a notice of tax sale rather than challenging the sale through the statutory process, appellants' failure to file post-trial motions resulted in waiver of their issues on appeal. Motion to quash appeal granted.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Presumption of Judicial Determination in Oil and Gas Arbitration

The inclusion of an arbitration clause in oil and gas leases throughout the Appalachia region, requiring that parties arbitrate disputes arising out of their leases, has become commonplace. As development of these leases continues and royalties are paid for production, disputes over the meaning of lease provisions concerning payment are occurring more frequently. A relatively new battlefront in these arbitrations that is being played out in Pennsylvania right now is whether class-action arbitrations of these lease disputes are authorized.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Electric Submetering Arrives in Connecticut

New electric submetering rules allow landlords to hold tenants financially accountable for their energy usage and improve the economics of on-site distributed generation such as cogeneration equipment or a fuel cell. Multitenant properties that are either old or have on-site generation provide the best opportunities to take advantage of the new rules.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Venturing Into Virtual and Community Net Metering

As part of its initiative in support of renewable energy, Connecticut recently implemented a virtual net metering program, expanding the ability of certain customers to benefit from behind-the-meter, or distributed, generation projects.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Unintended Consequences and the C-Pace Program

In 2012 the Connecticut legislature created the Connecticut Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, now known as the Green Bank, administers the program, which allows nonresidential building owners to finance qualifying energy efficiency and clean energy improvements by placing a voluntary assessment on their property tax bill, similar to a sewer benefit assessment.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

D.C. Moves: Roundup of Laterals and Promotions

A roundup of Washington, D.C. lateral moves and promotions.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

BPZ Resources Sells Off $8.5M in Assets

The heavy price decline in the oil and gas industry since last summer has caused and will continue to cause significant financial pain for many companies in this volatile sector.
3 minute read

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