Energy & Utilities Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning

Oil And Gas Law Insight: With Oil Reserves Estimate Doubled In Williston Basin, Opportunities For Growth Abound

by Jannelle Steger Combs | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 5/9/2013

The U.S. Geological Survey has doubled its previous estimate of the amount of recoverable oil within the Williston Basin to 7.4 billion barrels. While the Bakken formation is still a star in the play, the potential of the...more

March 2013 Federal Budget Provisions Concerning Pipeline Abandonment Trusts

by Marie Buchinski, Robert McCue, Lawrence Smith | Bennett Jones LLP on 3/26/2013

Overview - The March 21, 2013 Federal Budget changed the tax law applicable to the pipeline abandonment trust (Trust) structure that has been submitted to the National Energy Board (NEB) as the proposed mechanism for...more

Tax Communiqué: Highlights from the Budget 2013

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 3/22/2013

Budget 2013 was tabled on March 21, 2013. Heenan Blaikie’s National Tax Group has prepared the following overview of some of the more significant tax-related measures....more

Washington Insight - Special Edition: Congress Steps Away From Fiscal Cliff

by King & Spalding on 1/11/2013

For months in Washington, and beyond, attention has been focused on the "fiscal cliff" -- the combination of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the looming budget cuts referred to as "sequestration." Negotiations led by...more

President Obama Signs "Fiscal Cliff" Legislation into Law

by Edward Beckwith, John Lehrer II, Michael Nydegger, Jeffrey Paravano, Edward Ptaszek, Jr., Paul Schmidt, Christopher Swift, William J. Weber | BakerHostetler on 1/4/2013

As you likely have heard, the President signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 8) (the "Act") on January 2, 2013. The Act, popularly known as the "fiscal cliff" legislation, permanently extends the Bush era tax cuts...more

No Nukes! - Using Tax-Advantaged Investments to Enhance Investment Returns in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts

by Gerald Nowotny on 12/4/2012

A.Overview - This executive summary is intended to outline the use of private placement insurance contracts as a funding vehicle for nuclear decommissioning trusts (NDT). As of the end of 28 investor-owned and 28...more

Legal Alert: Discounting of Capital Credits of Deceased Members Upheld in North Carolina

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 8/15/2012

On August 8, 2012, the North Carolina Business Court held that electric cooperatives may lawfully discount capital credits of deceased members when they are retired early. The court also held that electric cooperatives do not...more

No Early Appeal on the New Mexico Public Trust Climate Case

by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 7/19/2012

For those of you following the public trust climate litigation in New Mexico, Judge Sarah Singleton has now issued a written decision denying the state’s motion to dismiss the case. There is no discussion of the issues, but...more

Insights - Spring 2012

by Thomas Blank, David Conaway, Thomas Cotter, Regina Joseph, Serena Lipski, Barbara Rivas, Stephen Rothschild, Joseph Simpson, J. Todd Timmerman, Mark Wagoner | Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 5/28/2012

In This Issue: JOBS Act: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act; Fracking: Ohio’s New Oil and Gas Boom; 2012 Estate Planning; American Airlines: Who’s Flying the Plane? Labor Law Update; S Corporations; Blow to Method...more

Gifting and Marcellus Shale

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/16/2011

When estate planning lawyers discuss gifting as an estate planning strategy with clients, there are a few very important components to this discussion that must be reviewed in order to most effectively leverage gifting as an...more

McNees Insights -- December 2011

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/16/2011

IN THIS ISSUE: Year-End Tax Planning 2011; Planning and Paying for Long-Term Care; and Gifting and Marcellus Shale. Excerpt from Year-End Tax Planning 2011 Year-end tax planning is especially challenging this year...more

Gas Rights Owners Need To Begin To Think Like Business

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 10/21/2011

Landowners who are fortunate enough to have property overlying the Marcellus Shale formation are realizing significant economic transformations. They and their heirs can look forward to a lease bonus payment followed by...more

Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Estate Planning: Oil & Gas Fundamentals For Family Law Practitioners

by Jackson Walker on 8/17/2011

In This Presentation: Typical Documents To Be Reviewed: Deed; Mineral Deed; Mineral Reservation; Royalty; Lease; Seismic Permit; and, Pipeline Right-of-way. Who owns the minerals: Title Opinion; Title Insurance;...more

McNees Insights-Asset Planning and Federal Taxation- Fall 2010

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 9/15/2010

IN THIS ISSUE: What is Happening with the Federal Estate Tax?- Estate Planning and Marcellus Shale- Using IRA Proceeds to Invest in Real Estate and Other Alternative Investment Vehicles. Please see full newsletter below...more

Estate Planning and Marcellus Shale

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 9/15/2010

It seems as though scarcely a day goes by without some commentary surrounding the Marcellus Shale formation and the extraction of the natural gas contained therein. However, in most of the articles, blogs, and postings, very...more

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