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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Strikes Regulation Requiring DEP to Hear Local Feedback on Proposed Gas Wells

An oil and gas drilling regulation that sought to cure a fatal flaw in a section of Act 13 has met its demise as a result of that earlier defect.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Pipeline Opponents Wrongly Denied Hearings, Federal Appeals Court Rules

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection erred by issuing permits to a Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. project without granting an adjudicatory hearing to opposing parties, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a precedential opinion.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

From Interior Department to Legal Department: New GC Joins Cox Oil

Dallas-based Cox Oil announced earlier this week that Vincent DeVito has been named executive vice president and general counsel. He comes to the position from the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he had served as counselor to Secretary Ryan Zinke since April 2017.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Tosses Pa. Environmentalists' Challenge to Pipeline

The Third Circuit on Tuesday denied Delaware Riverkeeper Network's petition to review the Clean Water Act certification awarded to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Deal Wrap: More Billion-Dollar Texas Energy Deals, More Work for Lawyers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is working on another deal for longtime Midland-based Diamondback Energy.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Meet the GC at Aggreko, David Bouchner

The top lawyer at the power-generation and temperature-control equipment company's North American division spoke with Texas Lawyer about everything from whom he uses for outside counsel to what he enjoys when he's not in the office.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Slights Slams 'Redundancy' of Bid to Toss Challenge to $1B Pipeline Deal

The Delaware Court of Chancery has rejected Enbridge Energy Partners' bid to dismiss a shareholder suit targeting a $1 billion pipeline buyback deal, in a ruling that criticized the defendants for remaking arguments that had already been rejected by the state Supreme Court.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Stark Orders Seizure of Citgo Shares in Mining Company's Mineral Dispute With Venezuela

A Delaware federal judge has allowed Crystallex International Corp. to begin seizing shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp., as the Canadian gold mining and exploration firm looks to collect a $1.2 billion judgment against the Venezuelan government.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

ConocoPhillips Hires Baker Botts Energy Deal Star as New Top Lawyer

Kelly Rose of Baker Botts has worked on major energy transactions over the course of her career, including a few involving her new employer.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Class Certification for Suit Against Standard Petroleum

Standard Petroleum was dealt a legal blow by the Connecticut Supreme Court this week, which upheld a lower court ruling allowing class certification in a lawsuit alleging the company overcharged customers.
3 minute read

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