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The Legal Intelligencer

Borough Blocked New Gas Well on Faulty Basis, Court Says

In a ruling that could prove instructive to parties seeking to block construction of natural gas wells in their communities, the Commonwealth Court overruled an Allegheny County borough's denial of a driller's conditional use application, finding that the borough council relied on inadequate testimony by objectors.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Seven BigTex Firms Appear on the 2017 Am Law 200

Seven large Texas firms are among the 200 highest-grossing U.S. firms included in the Am Law 200 list.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

In New Podcast, a Bracewell Lobbyist Reports from the Swamp

"It's been a hell of a week," Josh Zive, a lobbyist and senior principal in the Washington, D.C., office of Bracewell, told his podcast audience last week.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Morgan Lewis Expands Latin America Practice with Two Hires in Houston

New partners come from King & Spalding.
34 minute read

The American Lawyer

In Latest Lateral Raid, Jenner Bags Akin Gump Energy Leader

The rapid recruitment effort embarked on by Jenner & Block this year continued Friday as the firm added Suedeen Kelly, co-chair of the energy regulatory, markets and enforcement practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, as a partner in Washington, D.C.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Allen & Overy Sues Project Finance Client as Fee Suits Pile Up

Allen & Overy is suing a former client for $343,448 arising out of its work for the development and financing of a solar power facility in Panama.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Glasscock Tosses $428M Derivative Suit Over Alleged Botched Merger

The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a $428 million shareholder derivative suit accusing The Williams Cos. Inc. board of using a planned $13 billion acquisition to torpedo the company's doomed merger with Energy Transfer Equity.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

BigTex Firms Advise on Eagle Ford Shale Acquisition

Three Texas firms represent WildHorse Resource Development of Houston in its pending purchase of Eagle Ford assets from Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
28 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Latest Act 13 Ruling Won't Disturb Sunoco's Eminent Domain Powers

The state Supreme Court's most recent decision striking down portions of Act 13 dealing with eminent domain for oil and gas industry projects did not disturb a prior decision allowing Sunoco to condemn property for its Mariner East 2 pipeline, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

MehaffyWeber Adds 5 Litigators in Houston; Opens Office in Las Vegas

A group led by shareholders David Wilson and Michael Magee move to MehaffyWeber from LeClairRyan's Houston office.
9 minute read

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