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Kelley Drye Launches Corporate Practice in Texas With K&L Gates Hire

Bryce Linsenmayer, who joined Kelley Drye & Warren as a corporate partner, will be based in Houston and Austin.
16 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Koch Lawyer Cleared to Testify in Suit Over Control of Energy Firm

The Delaware Court of Chancery on Friday ruled that a top lawyer for William I. Koch will be allowed to testify on behalf of the billionaire in a bitter fight over investor rights that could determine the future of Koch's Oxbow Carbon firm.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Re Condemnation by Sunoco Pipeline L.P., PICS Case No. 17-1141 (Pa. Commw. July 3, 2017) Pellegrini, S. J. (21 pages).

Trial court properly denied condemnees' preliminary objections to pipeline company's declaration of taking because the court had decided that company had a CPC, company was a public utility regulated by the PUC and was authorized to exercise eminent domain and condemnees' notice argument failed because notice was provided to the only party tasked with warranting and defending the alleged and unrecorded bridle path easement. Affirmed.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Aanderud v. Superior Court (Vivint Solar Developer, LLC)

C.A. 5th; F073277 The Fifth Appellate District granted in part and denied in part a petition for writ of mandate. The court held that an enforceable…
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Solar Energy vs. Farmland Pits Green Against Green

An unfortunate kerfuffle has risen between those wanting to preserve prime agricultural land — some of it lying fallow in Connecticut's moribund farming economy — and another constituency also on the green side of things seeking more renewable energy through photovoltaics.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Energy/Environmental Law

In The Legal's Energy/Environmental Law supplement, read about EPA budget cuts, endangered species and project planning, and the scope of the ERA.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Schneiderman, 10 Other State AGs Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Rule

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and 10 other state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, charging the agency has illegally delayed a safety rule for chemical plants.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Metropolitan Edison Co. v. City of Reading, PICS Case No. 17-1118 (Pa. June 20, 2017) Donohue, J., Mundy, J. (concurring), Saylor, C.J. (dissenting) (26 pages).

Commonwealth court erred in finding that appellant failed to establish a claim under the utility exception to the tort claims act because, under the exception, the focus had to be on whether the injuries alleged were caused by a dangerous condition which had its source in the local agency's utility service facility. Reversed.
4 minute read

The Recorder

New Tactic in Climate Change Litigation Could Cost Energy Companies Billions. Or Not.

There's a lovely neighborhood in Marin County, California where we recently thought about buying a house. The lots in Bel Marin Keys aren't big, but they back to lagoons connected to the San Pablo Bay. Just about everyone has a dock in their backyard.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

New Tactic in Climate Change Litigation Could Cost Energy Companies Billions. Or Not.

“This type of state common law climate litigation has been a long time coming, and these cases may well represent the first of a slew of similar cases nationwide."
5 minute read

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