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Slaughters and Linklaters lead on Centrica oil and gas joint venture

Magic circle duo take top roles on combination of exploration and production businesses
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

EPA to Hold Second Meeting on Cleanup of Hudson River

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a second public meeting this week about a $1.7 billion cleanup of the Hudson River.
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International Edition

United Utilities calls on law firms to tender for £500m investment work

FTSE 100 water company invites firms to pitch for work valued at up to £500m
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

With Dissents and Appeals, Landowners Fight to Keep Pipeline Challenge Alive

Pennsylvania landowners who have been fighting with Sunoco over the Mariner East 2 pipeline project have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to bar the energy giant from using their land for the natural gas pipeline. Over the past year, they have seen a handful of unfavorable decisions from the Commonwealth Court, but with cases potentially on their way to the state Supreme Court and a recent pronouncement on environmental law by the justices, plaintiffs are hoping the litigation won't be over so quickly.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Halley v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.

Trial Court Erred in Awarding Counsel Fees in Settlement Against One Defendant Without Itemizing Counsel's Work as to Each Defendant
9 minute read

The Recorder

Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments

Cal.Sup.Ct.; S223603 The California Supreme Court affirmed in part a judgment. The court held that the environmental impact report (EIR) for a regional…
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

ERA Revisited: Solutions for Navigating an Uncertain Legal Landscape

On June 20, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its opinion in Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation (PEDF) v. Commonwealth, 2017 Pa. LEXIS 1393 (Pa. June 20), in connection with the so-called Environmental Rights Amendment or ERA (Article 1, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution). Suffice it to say, the opinion has reopened the debate as to the meaning of the ERA, and more importantly, how the ERA is implemented as a practical and legal matter. In brief, the court ruled that amendments to the state's fiscal code (which sought to address budgetary shortfalls by redirecting money from a fund containing rents and royalties from oil and gas leases on commonwealth land to the general fund) violated the ERA. While the facts before the court were narrowly drawn, the court used the opportunity to revisit the decades old "test" applied in evaluating ERA claims, an issue it first addressed in its 2013 plurality opinion in Robinson Township v. Commonwealth, 83 A.3d 901 (Pa. 2013). It abruptly rejected the well-established Payne v. Kassab test and roughly 45 years of ERA-related case law, thereby placing the ERA, and industry, back into legal limbo. Despite some legal uncertainty, this opinion should not be interpreted as a major stumbling block to key energy and infrastructure projects.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Board Seeks Supreme Court Review of Suit Against Energy Industry

A Louisiana flood protection board has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its lawsuit seeking to make oil, gas and pipeline companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands, hoping to reverse losses in the lower federal courts.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Clears Way for Challenge to Water Standards

Nearly a year after a state regulatory commission approved controversial new water-quality standards, an appeals court ruled that a pulp-and-paper industry group should be able to challenge the measures.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Survey of 2016 Cases Under New York State Environmental Quality Review Act

Environmental Law columnists Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan write that for only the second time since this annual survey began in 1991, no court overturned any agency decision where an environmental impact statement had been prepared. In sum, 2016 was a bad year for plaintiffs in SEQRA cases.
8 minute read

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