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Texas Lawyer

Energy Companies Continue to Recover from Downturn, Law Firms Stand to Gain

Haynes and Boone's Latest Energy Roundup says the number of bankruptcy filings by energy companies has declined.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Energy Company's Lawyer to Justices: Record Penalty for Price Gouging Unfair Because 'Everybody Did It'

An argument a teenager might make after being caught drinking at a party was essentially employed by the lawyer for an energy company, who asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to upend a $1.8 million penalty imposed on it for price gouging because "everybody did it."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Litigator of the Week: Houston Attorney Wins $44M Verdict in Refinery Accident Trial

Pretrial settlements in industrial accident cases can work against plaintiffs when it comes time to try a case before a jury, making it easier for the defense to shift blame to a party that has already left the litigation. That dynamic is what Houston lawyer Vuk Vujasinovic was up against recently as he convinced a Jefferson County jury to hit a Beaumont crane company with a $44 million verdict in a wrongful death case.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Trims 'DC Rates' in Pittsburgh Employment Case, but Lawyers Still Land More Than $2.2M in Fees

Attorneys from Washington, D.C., may not have secured all of the fees they were seeking, but they are still set to receive more than $2 million for handling a series of employment lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Judge Trims 'DC Rates' in Pittsburgh Employment Case

Attorneys from Washington, D.C., may not have secured all of the fees they were seeking, but they are still set to receive more than $2 million for handling a series of employment lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court Rejects Appeals in Pipeline Construction Zoning Cases

On Aug. 29, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to accept discretionary appeals in two separate cases (No. 952 C.D. 2017 and No. 942 C.D. 2017) relating to the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

$88M Bond Set to Appeal Forced Sale of West Palm Beach Company

The big bond comes in the case of minority shareholders trying to force Bill Koch to sell his Oxbow Carbon energy company.
4 minute read

International Edition

Pinsent Masons Expands in Perth With Herbert Smith Freehills Partner

Corporate partner Brian Scott will first join the firm's Singapore office, where he is currently based, and then relocate to Perth next year.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fort Lauderdale Attorney First to File Lawsuit Over Deadly Gas Explosions in Massachusetts

The lawsuit filed by Morgan & Morgan is the first following gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley region that forced thousands to evacuate, injured over 20 and killed a teenager.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Orrick Report Highlights Corporate Governance Trends in Energy Industry

Among the trends the report highlighted is a growing use of proxy access for voting and the inclusion of "intent to serve" language in amendments to company bylaws
3 minute read

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