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Herbert Smith Freehills Advises Thai SOE on Hess Buyout

PTT Exploration and Production Pcl. is paying $1 billion for Hess' interest in two natural gas projects in Thailand.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Supreme Court Turns Down Appeal by Exxon Mobil

The high court made no comment in denying Exxon Mobil's petition for a writ of certiorari in its challenge to a 2009 verdict requiring the company to pay $105 million for contaminating New York City groundwater with a toxic gasoline additive.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

High Court Snubs Exxon in New York City MTBE Case

Bancroft's Paul Clement argued that leaving the city's $104.7 million verdict against Exxon in place could open up "whole new arenas for abusive and speculative litigation." The U.S. Supreme Court apparently didn't find the situation quite so dire.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Call Them Irresponsible? Companies Lag in CSR Training

Utilities and telecoms lead the way in corporate social responsibility training in the U.S. But the rest of the world does better, according to a recent report.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Sidley Dents SEC's 'Conflict Minerals' Rule in D.C. Circuit

In the latest legal assault on government regulations promulgated under Dodd-Frank, the court ruled that the SEC can't force a company that uses minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo "to confess blood on its hands."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Three Lawyers Nominated to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

President Barack Obama nominated three lawyers to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Thursday, including a partner at Fish & Richardson in Delaware and a Senate Judiciary Committee counsel for privacy and information policy.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Land Use Law: Navigating The 'Navigable' Waters

How do you determine if waters or wetlands fall under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA)? Despite the fact that the CWA was passed more than 34 years ago, this question and others related to the act are still being asked.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Shedden v. Anadarko E&P Co., L.P., PICS Case No. 14-0470 (Pa. Super. March 14, 2014) Musmanno, J. (9 pages).

By | April 08, 2014
Lease of Oil and Gas Rights • Bonus Payments • Warranty of Title • Estoppel by Deed
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Top Highway Lawyer Rejoins Beveridge

The chief counsel of the Federal Highway Administration, Fred Wagner, has rejoined Beveridge & Diamond in Washington as partner and will lead the firm's natural resources and project-development practice.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

The Fracas Over Fracking

By | April 07, 2014
As energy companies push to expand extraction of oil and natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, we consider some of the legal angles in this special section.
1 minute read

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