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Connecticut Law Tribune

2nd Circuit Panel Set to Rule on Restoration of $145M to Energy Funds Under Conn. Program

Consumer and environmental activists are pinning their hopes on having the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rule that $145 million in funds must be restored to clean energy and energy efficiency accounts.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'They're Beefing Up': FBI Takes Expanded Role in 'Foreign Agent' Reviews

"We've gone from 30 mph not to 60 mph but to 90 mph in the last 18 months to two years," Thomas Spulak, a partner at King & Spalding, said in an interview.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

My Balancing Act as a Sports Agent and Big Law Attorney

Nicole Lynn, of Houston, is a double threat: By day, she's an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright, where she represents financial institutions and energy companies in securities, breach of contract and products liability issues, while at night and on weekends she is a sports agent, hobnobbing and representing players in the NFL and college.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sullivan & Cromwell Sued for Alleged Conflict in Arbitration Over Laos Project

A former Skadden associate said that after an arbitration panel chaired by a Sullivan partner awarded his client $56 million from the Laos government, the firm then represented an arm of that government in fighting the award.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Are You Ready? Revisions to Management of Fill Policy Take Effect Jan. 1

The policy supplements existing requirements outlined in Pennsylvania's Solid Waste Management Act municipal and residual waste regulations and provides guidance on the management of clean fill and regulated fill in the commonwealth.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Judge Lets Counterclaims Proceed Against Phila. Firm Leader in Fee Dispute Over $44M Case

Two firms are fighting over how to split the fee award from a settlement secured for a Texas oilfield worker who was paralyzed after an improperly attached light fixture on an oil derrick fell more than 100 feet onto his head.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

NY Exxon Mobil Verdict Should Worry Mass. AG, Says Texas Securities Litigator

Michael Biles, a partner in the securities and litigation group at King & Spalding in Austin who was not involved in the matter, said this was the first case in which a state attorney general used the Martin Act for alleged securities fraud violations against a publicly traded oil and gas company for climate change-related disclosures.
5 minute read

International Edition

Squire Continues Hiring Spree With London Energy Partner

The hire is the latest for the U.S. firm as it builds its international presence.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: On the Hot Seat, Paul Weiss Team Delivers a Cool Win for ExxonMobil in $1.6B Climate Change Suit

'There's no playbook or conventional wisdom out there for how to defend a case like this. We were really writing on a blank slate.'
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Allows Oil and Gas Operators to Drill Cross-Unit Wells

On Nov. 7, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law Senate Bill No. 694 that permits cross-unit drilling for unconventional oil and gas wells. This new law takes effect on Jan. 6, 2020. A cross-unit well (also known as an allocation well) is a lateral wellbore that crosses between two or more pooled units.
5 minute read

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