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Dallas Lawyer's Focus on Litigation Fundamentals Helps Client Dodge $48M Judgment

"Basic fundamental rights that companies have in litigation should be protected, and a Texas court will protect it," said the attorney.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Is the Oil and Gas Lease Over? Court Ruling Offers Guidance

Roughly 15 years ago, many Pennsylvania landowners entered into oil and gas leases in the expectation of receiving royalties for the extraction of shale gas and oil underlying their properties.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How Baker Botts Won a 4-Week, In-Person Trade Secrets Trial

It took some "other-worldly" jury selection in NRG Arena, remote testimony from a couple of witnesses and live-streamed proceedings. But partners Danny David and Paul Morico were just grateful to be back in a courtroom. "The human aspect of this profession can't be overlooked," said David.
11 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware DOJ Redoubles Effort to Return Fossil Fuels Case to Superior Court

Counsel for the more than 30 defendant companies maintain the claims in the lawsuit fall under federal jurisdiction because they target the companies' production and sale of oil and gas.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. AG Can't Sue Oil & Gas Companies Under UTPCPL on Behalf of Landowners

Attorney General Josh Shapiro sued the defendants under the UTPCPL because together they allegedly "impaired the competitive process which deprived Pennsylvania landowners from receiving an acreage signing bonus and royalty which would have been competitive and fair absent the agreement to allocate territories."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

PADEP Publishes Final Revised Policy on Civil Penalty Assessments for Mining Coal

On Feb. 27, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) published the final revision to the technical guidance document (TGD) titled "Civil Penalty Assessments for Coal Mining Operations.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Reform to Mexican Electricity Law to Come Into Effect

On March 2 the Mexican Federal Senate approved a bill that will modify Mexico's Electricity Industry Law, effectively reversing rights granted to private investors in that sector, say Roberto Aguirre-Luzi, Isabel Fernandez de la Cuesta, Lauren Friedman and Fernando Rodriguez-Cortina, attorneys with King & Spalding.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Women Argued Less Than 30% of Cases at the Minn. High Court Last Year. This Susman 2nd Year Who Just Argued There Has Some Ideas

"Firms have to allow clients to get to know the associates and the young lawyers, not just when it comes time to do the arguments, but to be part of trial team calls, to be part of the pitch that brings in the case," says Susman Godfrey's Beatrice Franklin.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Meeting the Growing Need for Counsel in Core Legal Disciplines Affecting the Power, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure Markets: A Q&A With Winston & Strawn's Mike Blankenship

The Winston & Strawn Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group was formed to integrate our traditional oil and gas group with our renewables and infrastructure group to provide for a larger group that is sharing clients, says Mike Blankenship, a partner at Winston & Strawn's Houston office.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa.'s Advancement of Waste Reduction and Recycling: Amendments to the SWMA

On Nov. 25, Gov. Tom Wolf approved House Bill 1808 (now, Act No. 127), which amends Pennsylvania's Solid Waste Management Act by categorizing "advanced recycling" as manufacturing rather than waste processing or treatment.
6 minute read

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