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International Edition

Orrick Energy Trio Leaves for UK Firm

The team hire follows Osborne Clarke's addition of another energy partner earlier this year.
1 minute read

International Edition

The Changing Insurability of Environmental Risks

Increasing intense weather events will drive up the cost of the associated losses and of the policies designed to cover them.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Never Become a Billable Hours Machine' and Other Guidance From a Texas Bar Honoree

'From the first day in my legal career, I've aspired to conduct myself like my greatest lawyer-heroes: Abraham Lincoln, Atticus Finch (who was modeled after Harper Lee's father), James A. Baker III, and Leon Jaworski... ' says Talmage Boston, a partner with Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton
5 minute read

International Edition

Pallas Partners Takes On Shell With First Pro Bono Mandate

Natasha Harrison's newly-established firm is acting on a first of its kind action in the UK courts.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How ESG Is Transforming the Texas Legal Landscape

As an ever-increasing number of companies establish goals for reducing carbon emissions, boards are drilling down on the company's strategic plan for meeting its net-zero targets and managing through the transition from traditional fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
7 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Always Be Available. Be Responsive. And Pay Attention to Detail,' Says Jennie Simmons of Locke Lord

"Technical skills can be taught and will come with time, but good work ethic and a positive attitude are hard to beat."
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Three Sheets to the Wind: Cautionary Tales of Unlimited Risk in Offshore Wind Construction

To develop a robust and sustainable supply chain in the United States, developers and contractors may benefit from a risk-sharing model that allocates the unknown or uncontrollable risk and aligns the parties' interest for a safe and efficient project.
7 minute read

International Edition

US Firms Completed a Deal for Russian Oil Giant Lukoil as Russia Invaded Ukraine

Akin Gump guided Lukoil through the purchase of Mexican oil blocks in the Gulf of Mexico last week as Russian tanks and soldiers bore down on Ukraine.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Uncertainty Expected in 2022 Regarding the Definition of WOTUS and Nationwide Permits

The controversy continues over the hotly contested definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS), a phrase that determines the scope of federal jurisdiction over streams, wetlands and other waterbodies under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Construction Co. to Pay $38.5M to Resolve Overtime Disputes Regarding Onsite, Offsite Travel

"The settlement resolves interesting and hotly-contested legal issues surrounding the scope of compensable work under the PMWA," class counsel Peter Winebrake of Winebrake & Santillo said.
4 minute read

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