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Lawyers Turn Out the Lights on Power Co-op Suits After Appellate Ruling

When attorneys sued Georgia's electric power cooperatives on behalf of millions of current and former power customer members, they claimed the cooperatives, known as electric membership corporations, for decades had withheld as much as $2 billion in profits that should have, by law, been distributed regularly to their members.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Hildebrand v. EQT Prod. Co., PICS Case No. 17-0979 (Pa. Super. June 8, 2017) Stabile, J. (14 pages).

Trial court erred in denying appellants' motion for summary judgment, in their declaratory judgment action over royalty payments, because court erroneously interpreted the lesser interest clause included solely in appellants' modification of the original 1928 oil and gas lease. Reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

United Refining Co. v. Dep't of Envtl. Protection, PICS Case No. 17-0986 (Pa. Commw. June 12, 2017) Brobson, J. (24 pages).

Board properly held that petitioner failed to establish that department's issuance of a permit for a well to be drilled on a slant with the bottom under a refinery storage tank was unreasonable or contrary to law because the board correctly applied the burden of proof, credible expert evidence supported the decision and Pennsylvania courts had held that hydraulic fracturing was not an abnormally dangerous activity. Affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

HIKO Energy, LLC v. Pa. Pub. Util. Comm'n, PICS Case No. 17-0978 (Pa. Commw. June 8, 2017) Simpson, J. (89 pages).

PUC properly imposed a civil penalty on petitioner alternative energy supplier for its intentional overbilling of 5,000 customers for four months and properly calculated the penalty on a "per invoice" method because the penalty was not disproportionate due to the intentional conduct by petitioner's executives, petitioner did not mitigate and only made refunds to customers who complained and PUC properly applied the factors in determining the penalty. Affirmed.
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The Recorder

Jacks v. City of Santa Barbara

Cal.Sup.Ct.; S225589 The California Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment and remanded. The court held that the legality of…
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Daily Report Online

Jack Jirak, Partner, Troutman Sanders

Practice Profile: Jirak represents clients in energy-related matters. His work has included involvement in state rate-making proceedings, resource certification…
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The American Lawyer

Hagens Berman Fires Back in Employment Row; Accuses Lawyer of Deception

The firm refuted claims that it breached a lawyer's employment contract, and instead accused the lawyer of misleading the firm about his ability to find plaintiffs for a potential class action over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan.
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Corporate Counsel

Millennial Energy Partners Hires Clay Brett as GC

Houston-based Millennial Energy Partners has hired Clay Brett as vice president and general counsel.
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Corporate Counsel

SemGroup Hires Energy Vet as General Counsel

Susan Lindberg is joining the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company.
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The Recorder

Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.

9th Cir.; 15-56424 The court of appeals affirmed a judgment. The court held that the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC),…
4 minute read

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