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New Jersey Law Journal

PennEast Granted Eminent Domain Rights in Pipeline Project

U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti, sitting in Newark, ruled Friday that because PennEast's plans had received preliminary approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, condemnation proceedings can go forward.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Ponder Ga. Power Liability for Company's Damages in Thomson Plane Crash

Milliken & Co. argued that a "hold harmless" agreement with Georgia Power should shoulder some or all of the damages it will incur from several lawsuits over a fatal plane crash.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Issues Pipeline Ruling Against Landowners

Represented by a team from Alston & Bird, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. won what it called an important victory allowing it access to property while lawsuits seeking to block construction are still pending.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Boies Schiller's Stuart Singer Wins 2 Appeals for FPL on Rates (OK) and Refunds (Not)

Most Effective Lawyers: Appellate — Singer argued pivotal financial cases for Florida Power & Light before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Florida Supreme Court.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Will Climate Change Litigation Cross the Border Into Canada?

Claims against fossil fuel producers that have spread across the United States could find a foothold up north.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Meet the GC at Apache, Anthony Lannie

The top lawyer at the energy company for nearly 10 years talks with Texas Lawyer about everything from whom he uses for outside counsel to what he may be up to when he's not in the office.
4 minute read

International Edition

Australia Blocks Second CK Hutchison Energy Bid on National Interest Grounds in Less Than 3 Years

The blocking of the acquisition in the name of national security is part of a growing global trend often directed at Chinese companies.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Decide Whether Rule of Capture Applies to Fracking

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to determine whether the rule of capture, which precludes trespass liability for drillers where oil and gas drains from surrounding lands in the course of conventional extraction from an underground pool, applies where shale gas is extracted through hydraulic fracturing.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Rejects Challenge to Ordinance Allowing Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

In a recent en banc decision by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the court upheld a local ordinance that authorized the development of unconventional oil and gas wells in areas zoned residential and agricultural against a challenge by residents asserting that the ordinance violated the Pennsylvania Constitution's Environmental Rights Amendment.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Constant Vigilance: Why Environmental Criminal Enforcement Still Matters

On Oct. 25, Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reported that federal criminal prosecutions under environmental laws dropped 10 percent in the 2018 fiscal year from 2017 levels.
8 minute read

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