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Texas Lawyer

Texas Wants Binational Energy Task Force With Mexico

Now that Mexico's oil and gas sector has finally been opened to outside investors, the state of Texas is anxious to build a strong business relationship with the nearby country that has rich oil reserves.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas AG Ramps Up Fight Against EPA's Clean Power Plan

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has recently announced that Texas intends to fight the Obama administration over a proposed air quality regulation—the so-called Clean Power Plan Rule (also known as the Carbon Rule). The proposed rule is being considered by the EPA and is set to be finalized in June.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Energy Companies Announce $7.5 Billion Merger

Crestwood Equity Partners and Crestwood Midstream Partners recently signed a definitive agreement to merge Crestwood's corporate structure into a single publicly traded partnership with a consolidated enterprise value of approximately $7.5 billion.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Man-Induced Earthquake Research Reverberates in Texas Legislature

Legislators appear poised to seek appropriation of $2.5 million for seismic mobile array monitoring equipment after committee members engaged in a technical back-and-forth with experts about the hazards posed by pressure build up, susceptible faults, and human activity.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fracking Ban Bill Heads to Governor's Desk

Supporters and opponents of House Bill 40 disagreed about whether the bill would increase or decrease litigation; how the proposal would balance property rights against the public's health and safety; and more.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Davis v. Southern California Edison Company

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Texas Lawyer

Mexican States Can't Recover in BP Oil Spill

The Fifth Circuit rules that three Mexican states do not have sufficient proprietary interest in property damaged by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, barring them from recovering in a civil lawsuit they filed in a U.S. district court.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

SEC Settles Fraud Case With Houston Oil and Gas Company, CEO Resigns

In August 2014, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission instituted cease-and-desist proceedings against Houston American Energy Corp., an exploration and production company, and its CEO, John Terwilliger, for making fraudulent claims about the company's oil reserves.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Wilmer Bolsters Denver Office With Hogan Lovells Energy Partner

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr made another addition to its year-and-a-half-old Denver office with the hire of energy partner Andrew Spielman, former co-head of Hogan Lovells' energy practice.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ex-Wife Gets $975 Million Check in Divorce From Oil CEO, Loses Appeal for More

The high court dismissed her appeal on the grounds that Arnall had already "received the benefits flowing" from the judgment rendered by the trial court, which included—among other assets—a $975 million personal check.
3 minute read

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