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New York Law Journal

Donziger Faces Criminal Contempt Prosecution Team at Seward & Kissel

After the Southern District U.S. Attorney's office said it didn't have the resources to take up the case, a judge has appointed a Seward & Kissel team to prosecute Steven Donziger for criminal contempt.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Duke Energy Promotes Regional President to Chief Legal Officer

Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe, the South Carolina state president for Duke Energy, has been promoted to chief legal officer. Julie Janson, the current CLO, will become the president of the Carolinas.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Partial Summary Judgment in Challenges to Unconventional Well Regulations

On July 22, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued an opinion addressing an industry trade group's challenges to parts of the state's unconventional well regulations
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Special Section: Energy/Environmental Law

In The Legal's Energy/Environmental Law supplement read about important changes for Pennsylvania's agricultural development, cleaner energy and the use of brownfield sites as a home for solar fields in the state.
2 minute read

The Recorder

CPUC Program for Alternative Energy Contracts Preempted by More Eco-Friendly Federal Law

The Ninth Circuit on Monday found that the CPUC's program was preempted by a federal law which requires electric utilities to buy all power produced by alternative energy generators. The decision upholds an earlier ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers Power up for $20 Million FPL, AT&T Contract Battle

Florida Power and Light Co. has accused AT&T of breach of contract, one count of trespass and one count of abandonment in a federal lawsuit seeking more than $20 million for alleged missed payments.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Looks to Pa. Law Requiring 'Just Compensation' in Private Takings Under US Natural Gas Act

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that, since the federal Natural Gas Act does not outline what constitutes "just compensation" in a condemnation action by a private company, courts should look to state law.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Much of Venezuela in the Dark Again After Massive Blackout

The power in the capital went out Monday afternoon and immediately backed up traffic as stop lights and the subway stopped working during rush hour.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Circuit Affirms $43.21M Verdict for Houston-Based Apache Affiliate

"Companies must comply with their contracts and with federal decommissioning requirements, and safety and sound operational judgment outweighs ill-conceived cost sensitivity," said Susman Godfrey partner Geoffrey L. Harrison.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Greenberg Traurig Grabs Morrison & Foerster Renewable Energy Pro in LA

Morrison & Foerster's renewable energy pro Jeffrey Chester, who headed the firm's renewable energy efforts for more than a half-decade. has joined Greenberg Traurig in Los Angeles.
3 minute read

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