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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The ‘Eddie Murphy Rule’ Earns Its Moniker: The CFTC Brings a Classic Insider Trading Case

While it took a few decades to surface, the fact pattern set forth in the movie “Trading Places” has finally come to pass. However, instead of the alleged wrongdoers bribing a U.S. government official for a sneak peek at...more

The Volkov Law Group

Vitol’s Bribery Schemes in Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico (Part II of III)

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Vitol’s bribery scheme stretched into three separate countries – Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico — and was carried out over a ten-year period. The Statement of Facts is instructive in describing the means by which Vitol used...more

Orrick - Antitrust Watch

Merger Non-Compete Clauses – Be Lawful or Be Gone

Non-compete clauses are commonly included in M&A agreements. Although generally recognized as lawful, non-competes must fulfill certain requirements to comply with antitrust and competition laws. A recent FTC enforcement...more

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Cyberspace Saves an Out-of-State Oil Company

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Can an email be directed to a particular state? No, said a Texas court in Enerquest Oil & Gas, LLC v. Antero Resources Corporation. The court questioned “the very premise of the contention that an email can be sent to a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC Brings Energy Market Insider Trading Case, Announces Insider Trading Task Force

• The CFTC has filed a new “insider trading” enforcement action involving the energy markets—the agency’s third energy market insider trading case since 2015. • The CFTC also created an Insider Trading and Information...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Mine Your Own Business: Multinational Mining Company Seeks Protection Of Alleged Trade Secrets During Discovery

Last week, multinational mining giant Rio Tinto asked a federal court in Manhattan to shield its document disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from the public eye....more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Fracking Fluid Dynamics: New Trade Secrets Movements

It is no secret that America’s energy industry depends upon the trade secret status of its products, techniques, and procedures for much of its continued success. As oil prices remain volatile, trade secret and intellectual...more

King & Spalding

PHMSA Looks to Stakeholders to Complete Crude-by-Rail Response Plan Rule

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The Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently issued a proposed rule that aims to expand oil spill response plan (OSRP) requirements for railroads transporting oil. Stakeholders have already...more

Holland & Knight LLP

State Supreme Court Protects Trade Secrets from Disclosure in Litigation

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The Supreme Court of Texas recently ruled that a trial court erred in a hearing on a misappropriation of trade secrets claim. The lower court had summarily refused the plaintiff's request to exclude the designated corporate...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Preliminary Injunction Arguments Pour Into Litigation Against BLM’s Final Fracking Rule

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Since our last update on federal litigation in Wyoming challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public lands, the flurry of activity continues in advance of the June 23...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Protection of Confidential Commercial Information Affirmed in Freedom of Information Decision

On February 19, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) denied leave to appeal from the judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Court) in Imperial Oil Limited v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner). ...more

King & Spalding

Reporting Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - New BLM Rules and EPA Study Spotlight FracFocus

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In the past ten days, the federal government has articulated different views on the utility and effectiveness of FracFocus, a website used by many operators to report the chemicals used to fracture their wells. In its final...more

Cozen O'Connor

If You Are Planning Layoffs – Here Are Five Things You Need to Know

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Unfortunately, when the price of oil goes down, the employment numbers also move downward in Houston. Many clients in the oil and gas industry are either planning or considering downsizing measures, which means that it is a...more

BakerHostetler

Unlawful Policy = Unlawful Termination? The NLRB’s Latest Pronouncement

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The NLRB recently issued its decision in Flex Frac Logistics, LLC, Case 16-CA-02978, which the NLRB had remanded to the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) for further analysis after finding that the employer maintained an...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Seismic Data Held by a Board: A Warning Before You Look

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Caution should be exercised when requesting, reviewing or sharing seismic data held by a regulatory authority, as demonstrated by the latest decision in a series of lawsuits commenced by Geophysical Service Incorporated...more

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