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National Grid USA

3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

New Chair for the State Bar's Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section: Membership at All-Time High

David Patton said one of his major goals for his one-year term as chairman is to launch an oil and gas seminar that will feature women panelists both to recognize successful women lawyers in oil and gas law and to encourage more women to choose the area.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Tribe Loses Suit to Keep Oil and Gas Drilling Off 'Aboriginal' Land

The tribe did not seek monetary relief but sued to force the government to protect the tribal land from drilling.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

EnergyBuzz: 4 Title Protections in Upstream Oil & Gas Acquisitions

When clients acquire or sell upstream oil and gas properties, both clients and their lawyers should pay close attention to the real property title protections in the underlying purchase and sale agreement (PSA) and in related conveyancing documents.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Former Steptoe Chairman Returns to Firm

Leading energy lawyer J.A. "Lon" Bouknight Jr. has returned to Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a firm he once chaired, after serving as general counsel to energy giant Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. for nearly five years.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tackling Climate Change: Don't Forget Energy Efficiency

Todd S. Aagaard and Joel B. Eisen write that one option available for states under the EPA's high-profile Clean Power Plan is relying on greater efficiency in energy usage and other demand-side strategies such as "demand response," which involves programs to reduce consumption at specific times of high electricity demand. However, a federal court recently cast a cloud over demand response's future.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

4 Title Protections in Upstream Oil & Gas Acquisitions

When clients acquire or sell upstream oil and gas properties, both clients and their lawyers should pay close attention to the real property title protections in the underlying purchase and sale agreement (PSA) and in related conveyancing documents.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Texas County Sues Companies Involved in Deepwater Spill

Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan has filed suit against 10 companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, claiming the Texas country has suffered more than $23 million in economic losses due to that spill and should be compensated.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Suit Alleges Sunoco Overcharged Gift Card Users

Sunoco Inc. says its gas gift cards can be used "just like cash," but a consumer has filed a potential class action contending that is not the case.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Oil and Gas Rights Included in 'Surface Soil' Deed

A deed that conveyed "surface" and "surface soil" and explicitly reserved the rights to any coal found on the property still conveyed the subsurface oil and gas rights to the deed holder, the state Superior Court has ruled.
6 minute read

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