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DOE Seeks Comments on Price-Anderson Indemnities

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking public comment on the need to continue or modify the portion of the Price-Anderson Act that it administers, as it prepares a report to Congress. The Price-Anderson Amendments Act...more

Baker Donelson

DOE Extends 85-804 Indemnification to Contractors Supporting COVID-19 Response

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On March 26, the Secretary of Energy authorized Department of Energy (DOE) contracting officers to extend indemnification under Public Law 85-804 to contractors and subcontractors performing assignments directed or authorized...more

Gray Reed

Texas Supreme Court to Consider Macondo Blowout Insurance Dispute

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The 2012 Macondo Well blowout and Deepwater Horizon rig explosion gave rise to a slew of lawsuits. Our subject today is one of them. ...more

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Hydraulic Fracturing Services: New York Appellate Court Addresses Request to Dismiss Common-Law Indemnification Claim

The Supreme Court of the State of New York (Appellate Division)(“Court”) in a December 22, 2017, Memorandum and Order (“Order”) addressed whether a lower court erred in failing to dismiss a third-party claimant’s...more

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Tenth Circuit Drills Down Into Roots Of Moral Hazard, Comes Up Dry

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Moral hazard (one of this blog’s preoccupations) usually comes up in disputes over the scope of coverage under an insurance policy. But state legislatures often address it, too—for example, by imposing limits on agreements...more

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Texas Court Declines Indemnity For One’s Own Bad Acts

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We begin with a philosophical question: Should a person be rewarded for bad behavior? Despite twerkee Molly Cyrus (and her daddy), the Kardashians and, at least for a while Richard Nixon, the answer should be, no. ...more

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