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Daily Business Review

Palm Beach Mansion Brings $36 Million

The oceanfront Palm Beach estate once owned by fashion designer Vera Wang's family sells after extensive renovation.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Atlantic Wind, LLC v. Penn Forest Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., et al, PICS Case No. 17-0912 (C.P. Carbon May 12, 2017) Serfass, J. (9 pages).

Plaintiff failed to establish that its right to due process was violated by an alleged unsafe environment at a fire hall where the local zoning board held a hearing on a zoning application to construct a wind turbine absent evidence that board members were unable to impartially decide the matter because they felt unsafe. The court recommended that plaintiff's appeal be dismissed.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Dakota Access Pipeline Legal Battle to Rage Through Summer

Gibson Dunn, representing Dakota Access, must file its opening brief by July 17 regarding the Standing Rock Sioux's request to shut down the pipeline. A decision is not expected for months.
17 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Del. Federal Judge Blocks Merger of Radioactive-Waste Disposal Firms

A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday blocked the planned $367 million merger of market-leading radioactive waste disposal companies EnergySolutions Inc. and Waste Control Specialists, ruling in favor of government attorneys who argued the tie-up would violate U.S. antitrust law.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas High Court Picks Up Oil Family's $7.2M Attorney Fee Fight

Shamoun & Norman sued former client Albert G. Hill Jr. in state court alleging he owed them a multimillion-dollar "performance incentive bonus."
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Carbon Tax Plan Could Mean Less Work for Some Lawyers, More for Others

Even though it could idle some lawyers, partners from Baker Botts, Jackson Walker and Haynes and Boone voiced tentative support this week for legislation that would tax carbon emissions while gutting environmental regulation.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Trial Lawyer Robert Schick Returns to Vinson & Elkins

Robert Schick, who left Vinson & Elkins in 2014 to form a litigation boutique in Houston with Morgan Copeland, returned to V&E.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Five Firms Involved in Permian Deal

Five firms represent parties involved in joint venture deal for energy gathering and processing infrastructure system in the Delaware Basin section of the Permian.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

ConocoPhillips Smacked with $11.7M Oil, Gas Royalties Decision

The underlying case lingered for nearly seven years in Texas courts after the oil and gas joint repeatedly raised procedural hurdles.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Satec, Inc. v. The Hanover Ins. Grp., Inc.

Expert Report Constituted Net Opinion Where Based on Experience Not Informed by Industry-Accepted Standards and Practices
3 minute read

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