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National Law Journal

New FERC Chairman Reported $1.8M Jones Day Partnership Share

A longtime Jones Day partner in Washington who had been co-leader of the firm's energy practice was sworn in Thursday as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Kevin McIntyre's financial disclosure and ethics agreement offer a peek at his compensation and legal services.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Litigator of the Week: Dallas Lawyer's Poetic Justice in Patent Defense Win

It's not every day that a patent litigant gets a chance to use classic English poetry as a defense, Haynes and Boone partner Russ Emerson said.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wreck on Road Closed for EMC Repairs Sparks $660K Jury Award

A Walton County jury delivered a post-apportionment award of $660,000 to a man injured after he stopped his vehicle for a Walton EMC repair crew working on downed utility poles and power lines, and was rear-ended by another driver.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Louisiana's Kean Miller Opens Houston Office

Ogden Broocks & Hall is merging with Kean Miller, which has four offices in Louisiana but also many clients in Texas.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

As Hurricane Season Ends, Irma Litigation Against FPL Lights Up

Attorneys from Squire Patton Boggs and Boies Schiller Flexner are defending Florida Power & Light in Hurricane Irma-related litigation.
16 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Glasscock Tosses Claim to Breakup Fee in Failed Merger

A Delaware Court of Chancery judge on Friday dealt a major blow to Energy Transfer Equity's bid to recover a breakup fee from a failed merger with The Williams Cos. Inc., saying the pipeline company's decision to walk away from the once-promising deal wiped out most of its claims to the $1 billion payment.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Noble Energy General Counsel Leaves Company

Johnson, who has been GC at the Houston-based company since 2004, has departed, according to a recent SEC filing.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ohio Joins Pennsylvania in Adopting the 'At-the-Well' Rule

The majority rule in oil and gas producing jurisdictions is the “at-the-well” rule, pursuant to which an oil and gas producer applies the net back method to determine the value of gas at the well for royalty calculation purposes, where the gas is sold downstream of the well.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Energy Sector Vet Says Strong Info Management Means Better Security and Compliance

New FTI Consulting senior director Deana Uhl looks back on her work with cybersecurity and information governance in the energy sector.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Doesn't Sound Ready to Kill Off PTAB

There was no clear majority Monday signaling the death of inter partes review—the administrative procedure for reviewing patent validity created by the 2011 America Invents Act.
9 minute read

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