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Texas Lawyer

Obama's Multi-Pronged Plan to Regulate Methane

The president's climate change agenda focused first on the largest category of emitters: power plants. The next sector on the administration's radar is oil and gas.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

BP Faces $13.7 Billion Fine for Gross Negligence

BP PLC could face up to $13.7 billion in civil penalties under the U.S. Clean Water Act for its role in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a federal judge's ruling on Thursday.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Preparing for More Wage and Hour Audits

The DOL's Wage and Hour Division is making good on its repeated signals and threats to crack down on Texas employers who violate FLSA, especially those in the oil and gas, construction and hospitality industries.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

High Court: BP's $750 Million Insurance Claim Denied

The Texas Supreme Court decision denies BP coverage in $750 million insurance policies written for the owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC v. Wolf Run Mining Co., PICS Case No. 15-0201 (Pa. Super. Jan. 30, 2015) (memorandum) Musmanno, J. (15 pages).

By | February 17, 2015
The trial court did not err in finding that defendant could not exercise a reopener provision of the parties' coal sales agreement in order to renegotiate price. Affirmed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Warren v. Equitable Gas. Co., PICS Case No. 15-0194 (Pa. Super. Feb. 4, 2015) (memorandum) Allen, J. (15 pages).

By | February 17, 2015
Trial court properly granted summary judgment to appellees in dispute over the interpretation of an oil and gas lease and correctly held that the lease allowed storage operations on the land and did not require production. Affirmed.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Has Second-Best Legal Job Market in US

"Booming oil production and a strong mining industry have made Texas one of the strongest economies in the nation, and that is driving legal employment," according to The National Jurist magazine.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Agency Proposes Changes to Board Certification Requirements

Hal Moorman, chairman of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, said, "What we are trying to look at is: What is realistic for someone who practices in the area?"
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Industry Money Flowed to Congress Ahead of XL Pipeline Vote

By | February 13, 2015
In the two years leading up to passage of the Keystone XL pipeline bill, five major Gulf Coast refinery companies spent $58.8 million in lobbying efforts.
2 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

After Long Drought, State Amici Return to Argue in High Court

When Kansas Solicitor General Stephen McAllister rose to argue in a preemption case before the U.S. Supreme Court last month, it marked the first time that a state was allowed to appear as amicus curiae before the court since 2008.
3 minute read

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