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Louisiana Oilfield Settlement Agreement Fails to Release Non-Party

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Most states call it a third-party beneficiary contract. Leave it to Louisiana to be different. In Adams v. Chevron USA Inc., the plaintiffs claimed that oilfield pipe-cleaning activities of Chevron and others contaminated...more

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The Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Defense Takes Another Hit

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The Supreme Court of Mississippi recently held in Tiger Production Company, LLC v. Pace, 2021-IA-00315-SCT, 2022 WL 11555295 (October 20, 2022) that surface owners are not necessarily required to exhaust administrative...more

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Alberta Court Declines to Extend Limitation Period for Contamination Claim

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Section 218 of Alberta's Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, RSA 2000, c E-12 (EPEA) is not available to extend the limitation period for a party liable for remediation costs to make claims against other alleged...more

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Alberta Court of Appeal Considers Claim of Pure Economic Loss

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The Alberta Court of Appeal recently considered the latest Supreme Court of Canada decision on pure economic loss in a decision involving a proposed class action for damages related to a pipeline spill. In its decision, the...more

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Officers’ Responsibility for Ecological Disaster

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About seven years ago, one of the worst ecological disasters in Israel’s history occurred. During work to divert an oil pipeline, one of the old pipelines belonging to the government company Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Co. Ltd....more

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Class Action Quarterly Update: Privacy and Data Protection

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Second Circuit Denies Settlement of Data Breach Case Due to Lack of Standing - As we previously reported, in April 2021, the Second Circuit became the latest federal circuit to hold that an individual may establish Article...more

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Pipeline Company Pays $35 Million to Settle Criminal and Civil Environmental Violations for Inland Spill of Oil Drilling Generated...

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In a significant environmental crime enforcement action, the Justice Department resolved criminal charges under the Clean Water Act against Summit Midstream Partners LLC, a North Dakota pipeline company that discharged 29...more

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Environmental Roundup – May 2019

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Federal Courts of Appeal - Dam Claims Collapse - On May 7, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided the case of Navelski, et al. v. International Paper Company....more

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Contractor Has No Duty To Indemnify Gas Company For Settlement Paid To Injured Employee Under Florida’s Underground Facility And...

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Peoples Gas Sys. v. Posen Constr., Inc., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106427 (M.D. Fla. June 26, 2018) - In 2009 Posen Construction, Inc. (“Posen”), a road construction contractor, entered into a general contractor agreement with...more

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Compressor Station Negligent Nuisance Verdict Reversed

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Therapist: “We’re here today in group to bring closure to the traumatic events of Crosstex North Texas Pipeline L.P. v. Gardiner. Each side claims mistreatment by his adversary and by one component or another of the civil...more

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Alien Tort Case Development: Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Occidental Petroleum

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In mid-December, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of claims filed pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) against Occidental Petroleum. Plaintiffs in the case argued that Occidental should be held...more

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Construction Alert: Insuring Contractual Indemnity Obligations—A Lesson In Careful Contract Drafting

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The Minnesota Supreme Court issued a decision last week in the case of Engineering & Construction Innovations, Inc., v. L. H. Bolduc Co., interpreting a subcontractor's agreement to indemnify a contractor, the subcontractor's...more

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