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The Legal Intelligencer

How Will New Federal Policy Affect Use of SEPs and CEPs in Pa.?

On Aug. 21, the Justice Department issued a memorandum—using supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) in settlements with state and local governments—which curtails the use of supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) in consent decrees and settlement agreements with state and local governments.
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The Recorder

Fire Victims Vow to Fight $11 Billion Settlement PG&E Reaches With Insurers

PG&E and insurers announced the proposed settlement of claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire on Friday morning. The deal requires sign-off from the federal bankruptcy judge overseeing PG&E's Chapter 11 reorganization.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

PennEast Litigation Seeks to Change Landscape in Natural Gas Act Condemnations

The courts seem open to revisiting the existing case law to determine whether all constitutional protections are being provided to private and public entities. The U.S. Constitution cannot be ignored solely for the benefit of private natural gas companies.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court: Only a Portion of Oil and Gas Lease Bonuses Are 'Proceeds' That Must Be Reserved

The panel reasoned that the other one third of rental payments and up-front lease bonuses constituted "income" that was outside the scope of Article I, Section 27, also known as the Environmental Rights Amendment (the ERA).
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Rebuffs Use of Eminent Domain on State Lands to Build Gas Pipeline

A private company attempted to use eminent domain to take 42 pieces of state land.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$5.6M Verdict After Lack of Gas During 'Polar Vortex' Led to Energy Company Dispute

"We respectfully disagree with the judge's ruling and we intend to appeal," said Tre Fischer, partner in Jackson Walker in Houston, who represented American Midstream.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Grapples With Utility Ballot Measure

Florida Supreme Court appeared skeptical about a proposal to overhaul and deregulate the way residents and businesses get electricity.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Class Certification Granted After Botched Power Plant Construction Cost Shareholders $1B

Southern Co. and its subsidiary Mississippi Power had allegedly claimed the "clean coal" power plant was on track, before suddenly saying they would not meet a $2.8 billion budget.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Leads in Wind Power Capacity, But Renewables Lateral Hiring Lags

Norton Rose Fulbright expanded its renewable energy expertise in Austin by hiring two laterals from McGuire Woods.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

John Paul DeJoria Lobbied for Law that Saved Him From $123M Moroccan Judgment

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recounted that John Paul DeJoria attempted in 1999 to add “oil magnate” to his achievements, but “it did not go well.”
4 minute read

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