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The Recorder

PegaStaff v. California Public Utilities Commission

By | April 30, 2015
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Earthquake Concerns May Lead to Shutdown of O&G Disposal Wells

The Texas Railroad Commission's recent investigation into the possible connection between wastewater injection wells and earthquakes is almost certainly shaking up some operators in the Texas oil and gas industry.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How Oil Oversupply and Depressed Prices Shape the Litigation Market

Current production levels have put price stabilization on the backburner—a delay that, in addition to the traditional litigation lag cycle, has litigators anticipating an influx of claims later this year and well into 2017.
6 minute read

The Recorder

People ex rel. Harris v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

By | April 29, 2015
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Energy Deal: Vanguard Natural Resources to Acquire LRR Energy

Vanguard and LRR Energy recently announced that they have entered into a purchase agreement and plan of merger.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Climate Change Risk Disclosure on the Rise

Significantly more U.S. companies are disclosing risks associated with climate change in their annual reports, especially in the energy sector.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

High Court Allows Defamation Suit Related to Fracking to Continue

Recently, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the Ft. Worth-based oil and gas operating company, Range Resources Corporation, and its subsidiary Range Production Company can move forward with their defamation suit against Steven Lipsky, who asserted that the companies' drilling activity in 2009 contaminated his family's drinking water on their property in Weatherford, Texas.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Greenberg Traurig Represents $75M Investor in Mexican Oil Business

Mark A. Lopez and Emilio J. Alvarez-Farre represented minority investor Infraestructura Internacional in the formation of Sierra Oil & Gas, Mexico's first private oil and gas company.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Orrick to Halve German Network With Two Office Closures

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe will shutter Frankfurt and Berlin bases later this year to focus practice on Düsseldorf and Munich, The American Lawyer has learned.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Jury Awards $3.7M in Damages, Fees Against Energy Transfer

Last week Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners won a jury verdict in a Houston district court in its breach of contract claim against Energy Transfer Partners. The jury found that Dallas-based Energy Transfer breached its contract with Enterprise by failing to properly maintain the Old Ocean natural gas pipeline so Enterprise could service its broad customer base in the Gulf Coast area. The jury awarded Enterprise $2.2 million in lease payment reimbursements and $1.5 million in legal fees after the four-week trial.
3 minute read

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