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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Sonda Decision: The Fourth Circuit Sends Motion to Dismiss Challenge to West Virginia Pooling Act Back to Federal Court

On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (the Fourth Circuit) reversed and remanded the opinion of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (the District Court), holding...more

White & Case LLP

Mexico Supreme Court of National Justice Decision Related to Unconstitutionality Action 64/2021 on the Electricity Industry Law

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Rules Applicable to Unconstitutionality Actions - Unconstitutionality actions are abstract constitutional control mechanisms available to certain Governmental entities.1 The legal standard to accept and initiate these types...more

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Distributed Generation Policy/Net Metering: Florida Appellate Court Addresses Whether Organization Has Standing to Challenge

A District Court of Appeal of Florida (First District) (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a September 9th Opinion an issue arising out of an organization’s challenge of a utility’s Distributed Generation Policy (“DGP”). See...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Redial: 2019 TCPA Year-in-Review - Analysis of critical issues and trends in TCPA compliance and litigation

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to send you its sixth annual REDIAL: 2019 TCPA YEAR-IN-REVIEW – ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL ISSUES AND TRENDS IN TCPA COMPLIANCE AND LITIGATION. Inside this digital edition, you will find our in-depth...more

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Ninth Circuit Watch: Panel Holds That Climate Change Activists Lack Standing to Sue Federal Government

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On January 17, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in Juliana v. United States that a coalition of young people lacked standing to require the federal government to develop a plan to “phase...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2019 #3

PA Supreme Court Upholds Decision Allowing Drilling in All Districts Under a Local Zoning Ordinance as Long as They Meet Standards - "This case is one of several recent decisions in Commonwealth Court and the PA Supreme...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Second Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit in Upholding Constitutionality of ZECs, Ending the Current Preemption Fight Against Nuclear...

On September 27, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Second Circuit) affirmed a district court’s finding that New York’s Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) program is not preempted by federal law. The Second...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The author who literally wrote the book on the Enron is warning that the next financial crisis is lurking underground—aka, fracking has “turned the energy world upside down,” and it’s pulled in a bunch of Wall Street along...more

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Attempt to Prove a Texas Partnership Fails

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Like breaking into CIA headquarters, sneaking into the Vatican, or hanging off the side of the Burj Khalifa, sometimes getting the deal done seems impossible. The key to any successful mission is planning for disastrous...more

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Centuries of Precedent are Little Help as IPR Constitutionality Divides Justices

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This morning the Supreme Court heard arguments in the heavily anticipated case of Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC on the question of whether AIA trials at the patent office, such as inter partes...more

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The D.C. Circuit shows the way through the red tape in pipeline permitting dispute

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On June 23, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that Millennium Pipeline Company LLC lacked standing to bring a claim against the New York State Department of Environmental...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Using Joint Venture Analysis to Limit Antitrust Risks of Energy Sector Collaborations

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In an antitrust case where two competitors admittedly engaged in concerted action to block a third competitor’s access to a natural gas gathering system, a federal appeals court recently upheld summary judgment for the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Oil Pipeline Rate Regulation under Review by FERC – Is There a Place for the Consumer Voice?

Oil pipeline rates must be just and reasonable and may be challenged by their customer shippers and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA). FERC has observed through monitoring...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Gas Company May Challenge Local Ordinance Prohibiting Deposit of Flowback Water into Underground Injection Wells

A Federal Magistrate Judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that an oil and gas exploration company may challenge a township ordinance that makes it unlawful to deposit flowback water into underground injection wells within the...more

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Energy Sector Alert Series: A Legislative Outlook

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Over the next eight weeks, we will provide a broad look at current and emerging issues facing the energy sector in a series of alerts. In this series, attorneys from across the firm will discuss issues ranging from...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits on Tribunal Participation in Reviews of Its Own Decisions

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In an increasingly regulated world, governments have established a litany of administrative tribunals to oversee and administer complex regulatory schemes. Often, applying their specialized expertise, such tribunals...more

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