From Law.com
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday sued the University of Denver, alleging its law school underpaid at least eight female law professors compared with their male colleagues.
The agency in August 2015 issued a finding that the …
In context of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s new NTL 2016-N01, the recently in force Notice to Lessees and Operators in the outer continental shelf (OCS) laying …
Oil-field-services company settles with SEC over tax-accounting practices
From the Wall Street Journal
Oil-field-services company Weatherford International PLC agreed to a $140 million civil penalty to settle Securities and Exchange Commission claims that the company used deceptive tax accounting to …
New, much more stringent …
As part of its ongoing review of emerging issues, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a new update that seeks to narrow variations in how cash receipts …
On Sept. 12, 2016, the federal government initiated big changes to its bonding requirements for the financial liability for decommissioning oil and gas assets …
On Sept. 16, a federal appeals court ordered a halt to construction of a second portion of the …
The news that U.S. regulators have proposed that Deutsche Bank AG pay $14 billion to resolve the bank’s role in the 2008 financial crisis raised speculation Friday that other foreign banks that allegedly falsely marketed subpar mortgage-backed …
In a surprise statement on Friday, the Obama administration said that it would not issue the easements necessary for construction to begin on a portion of …
In July an agency under the executive branch of the U.S. government delivered what might be a killshot for a portion of the leaseholders and operators working to extract oil and natural gas …
In July an agency under the executive branch of the U.S. government delivered what might be a killshot for a portion of the leaseholders and operators working to …
The Colorado Secretary of State issued a press release today, explaining how two anti-oil & gas initiatives failed to achieve the …
On August 24, the Colorado Secretary of State issued a press release that announced that the two anti-frac measures seeking to become amendments to the Colorado constitution are …
The Colorado Secretary of State’s office reported today that the signatures for one more of the five remaining citizen initiatives have now been counted and verified. The cigarette …
Lynn Bartels, communications director for the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, told Oil & Gas 360® yesterday that two anti-oil and gas initiatives, which were …
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has appointed three new members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) for terms which start immediately and will expire July 1, 2020.
Membership of the commission is mandated by law to include a …
Several Colorado ballot initiative groups turned in their collected signatures on petitions today by the 3:00 p.m. deadline.
For the oil and gas industry, the Colorado Secretary of State has reported that initiative No. 75, which would cede control …
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Today, the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released 348 pages of new Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on …
Lynn Helms, director of the Oil and Gas Division of the North Dakota Department of …
Washington D.C., June 27, 2016 —
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it adopted rules to require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or …
In his first appearance in Colorado since he launched his campaign for the 2016 presidential election, presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump spoke to several thousand attendees at an event today at the …
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto joined forces in Ottawa this week expressly to demonstrate how North America has the “moral imperative to show strong …
On June 27, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its adoption of rules which will require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments that are not de minimis made to governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas, …
From Texas Lawyer
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused executives at a Dallas oil and gas energy company, including the CEO and general counsel, of a “long-lasting and egregious fraud” that included spending investors’ money at gentlemen’s clubs.…
The next chapter in the Keystone XL pipeline saga is officially underway.
On Friday, June 24, 2016, …
On June 24, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against Christopher A. Faulkner, Breitling Energy Corp., and 10 other associated individuals and companies.
Other defendants listed in the complaint include Jeremy S. …
The extent to which renewables and natural gas continue to grow in terms of their overall percentage in the energy generation mix in …
In the past ten years, the shale revolution has changed the U.S. energy landscape. The economic extraction of oil …
