From the Albany Times Union ExxonMobil asks Fort Worth federal court to block New York inquiry Facing pressure from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to reveal whether multi-trillion dollar oil reserves could be at risk under climate change regulations, energy giant ExxonMobil wants a Texas federal court to block his probe. In legal papers filed Monday in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, Exxon
President Trump likely would ignore it, President Clinton would champion it The European Union approved a fast-track ratification of the Paris climate change agreement yesterday, less than a year after it was signed in Paris, upending a Donald Trump promise to cancel the agreement if elected president. In September, in a ceremony in Hangzhou, China, the UN Secretary General received the
From the Pocono Record The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission said it has accepted the state Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down a number of provisions to the oil and gas law. The high court ruled last week unconstitutional the use of eminent domain for natural gas storage facilities, and the exclusion of private wells from notification of hazardous spills. The
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 private law school had violated the Equal Pay Act, but the university said at the time that it planned to mediate a
Saudi Arabia hoped to raise at least $10 billion from bond sales next month The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts, became law today by virtue of a Senate override of the earlier veto by President Obama. The legislation could interfere with the kingdom’s plans
From Texas Lawyer The crash of oil prices beginning in late 2014 has led to over 90 exploration and production companies in the United States and Canada filing for bankruptcy over the last 21 months, companies with combined debt obligations well over US$60 billion. The current downturn has had dramatic effects on exploration and production companies, but it has also
From Law.com On Friday, President Obama vetoed a bill that would have cleared the way for a 9/11 tort litigation filed in 2002 – a lawsuit that accuses Saudi Arabia and its charities of helping al Qaida. Some senators were threatening to delay a veto override and soften the bill. But the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, or JASTA,
From the American Lawyer Two of Canada’s largest provincial law firms announced their intention to merge on Wednesday. The union, the latest in a series of combinations between firms up north, will create one of the largest full-service firms in western Canada. The proposed tie-up between Winnipeg-based Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson and Regina-based MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman (MLT)—the largest firms in Manitoba
Rep. Cramer discusses the Dakota Access pipeline, what it’s like advising Donald Trump, and his views on having a national energy policy On Sept. 16, a federal appeals court ordered a halt to construction of a second portion of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. Friday’s order comes on the heels of the federal government’s Sept. 9, 2016 announcement
From Law.com WASHINGTON — In a speech in Wisconsin in March, Hillary Clinton said something that even Donald Trump would agree with: “Whoever America elects this fall will help determine the future of the court for decades to come.” She was talking about the U.S. Supreme Court, but the same is true for the federal judiciary as a whole, where
If signed into law, new legislation would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia; but Obama says he will veto the bill when presented The House on Friday passed legislation that allows families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts. The legislation, called the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), passed unanimously by voice vote,
Part 1: What is NTL No. 2016-N01? 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 from the deepwater U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). It looks innocuous enough. A memo entitled “Requiring Additional Security” that was
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