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Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court Hears Objection to Electric Grid Price-Fixing Rule

"This case is really about protecting the market and reining in the agency's overreach," Kurt Kuhn for the respondent wholesale electric power providers said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Cutting-Edge Application': EV Charging Station Co. May Choose Power Supplier, Divided Panel Rules

The court had to interpret a 1973 statute in the context of a technology that has only recently become ubiquitous.
5 minute read

International Edition

Withers Enters into Alliance with Indonesian Boutique

Founded in 2020, Karna Partnership counts five partners and 12 other lawyers.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GE Legal Chief Michael Holston to Step Down When Industrial Giant Finishes Breakup in April

"His steady, guiding hand has served all of us well against an immensely challenging global backdrop," CEO Lawrence Culp wrote on LinkedIn.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Bracewell Expands Energy Team With Winston Tax Partner

Winston & Strawn tax partner Dean Hinderliter moved to Bracewell in Dallas on Monday, where he expects to do an increasing amount of work on the new tax credit for clean energy projects.
2 minute read

Law.com

North Dakota Court Clarifies Natural Accumulation Rule in Matter of First Impression

"Remote areas are precisely the locations the natural accumulation rule protects because the reasonableness of monitoring remote areas of property, and lack of notice resulting therefrom, demonstrates the rationale for the rule. Where it is unreasonable for an owner or operator to continually monitor an area, such as the remote well site in rural North Dakota, it is unreasonable to expect the owner or operator to promptly clear any naturally accumulating snow or ice, ..." Justice Jerod E. Tufte wrote for the court.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Weil's Energy Sector Expansion Continues With Lateral Partner From Bracewell

Steven Lorch is the fifth energy partner to join the firm in the past year.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Defense Win: Kirkland Attorneys Swat Down $100M Claim

The dispute centered on whether a geological formation cited by the plaintiffs was part of an oil and gas field in Ohio known as the Utica Shale, and whether the defendants could develop it.
4 minute read

Law.com

Another Oregon Wildfire Verdict Brings PacifiCorp's Total Damages to Over $220M

An Oregon jury on Tuesday awarded more than $29 million to nine individuals who survived three wildfires in 2020.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Winston, Vinson & Elkins, Chamberlain Hrdlicka Hire Partners in Hot Practices

Winston & Strawn and Vinson & Elkins hire partners working in energy and infrastructure, while Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry hired a former Internal Revenue Service commissioner.
4 minute read

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