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BP Announces $7.8 Billion Settlement Of Gulf Oil Spill Claims
Posted on 6 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Community Staff

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) BP PLC and plaintiffs in the federal multidistrict litigation court in Louisiana for claims arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an agreement on March... Read More

Tags: Gulf Oil spill , In re: Oil Spill By The Oil Rig &quot , Deepwater Horizon , 2010 , multidistrict litigation , in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 , Settlement , BP , Gulf of Mexico , Deepwater Horizon&quot , energy

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: Pennsylvania Judge Orders Marcellus Development Settlement Unsealed
Posted on 21 Mar 2013 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Brian Pulito and Jamie Little On March 20, 2013, in a 32-page opinion, President Judge Debbie O'Dell-Seneca of the Court of Common Pleas for Washington County, Pennsylvania ordered that a sealed, court-approved settlement between Plaintiffs... Read More

Tags: Washington Observer-Reporter , shale drilling , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , Natural gas , oil , MarkWest Energy Partners , Wiliams Gas/Laurel Mountain Midstream Partners , Range Resources , energy law , Judge Debbie O'Dell-Seneca , Marcellus Shale , Settlement , Stephanie and Chris Hallowich , gas

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Legal Alert: FERC Reviews NERC Penalty
Posted on 19 Apr 2010 by Daniel E. Frank and Caileen N. Gamache

By Daniel E. Frank and Caileen N. Gamache In an order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has initiated review of a settlement filed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) concerning a violation by Turlock Irrigation... Read More

Tags: power outage , vegetation management , firm load , NERC , reliability standards , FERC , Settlement

Pennsylvania Landowners Settle Groundwater Contamination Suit Against Chesapeake Energy Corp. for $1.6 Million
Posted on 9 Jul 2012 by LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Community Staff

DALLAS - Attorneys with Allen Stewart, P.C. announced June 25 that a group of Pennsylvania landowners represented by the Dallas-based law firm have settled their claims against oil and gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corporation for $1.6 million. The settlement... Read More

Tags: The Romano Law Firm , Goldberg , drilling , Persky & White , Arbitration , Pennsylvania , Natural gas , Oil and gas , Chesapeake Energy Corporation , Allen Stewart P.C. , Settlement , O'Malley & Langan , energy

Energy Exploration in Pennsylvania Emerges Victorious
Posted on 22 Sep 2011 by William Perry Pendley

William Perry Pendley September 20, 2011 - DENVER - Energy operators in Pennsylvania celebrated today's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia that affirmed a ruling by a Pennsylvania federal district court... Read More

Tags: Forest Service , Third Circuit , Mountain States Legal Foundation , energy exploration , NEPA , Wolford Law Firm , Allegheny National Forest , Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association , Minard Oil , mineral rights , ANF , gas drilling Minard Run Oil Company v. United States Forest Service , oil , lawsuit , Settlement , National Environmental Policy Act , gas , PIOGA , MSLF , Crowell and Moring , energy

Federal Judge Approves $22 Million Settlement of Royalty Class Action Litigation
Posted on 15 Jun 2011 by Babst Calland

On March 17, 2011, United States District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin approved a settlement that could be worth more than $22 Million between Range Resources and a class of over 25,000 landowners/lessors. Judge McLaughlin then issued an Order of Court amending... Read More

Tags: Pennsylvania’s Guaranteed Minimum Royalties Act GMRA , Kilmer v. Elexco Land Company , Emerging Issues , Pennsylvania Supreme Court , class action , Babst Calland , oil and gas law , Range Resources , Frederick v. Range Resources – Appalachia , Settlement

Troutman Sanders LLP: Duke, Progress File Updated Settlement Agreement in North Carolina
Posted on 22 May 2012 by Troutman Sanders

By Troutman Sanders LLP On May 8, 2012, Duke Energy Corp. ("Duke") and Progress Energy, Inc. ("Progress") (collectively, "Applicants") entered into a supplemental merger settlement agreement with the North Carolina Utilities... Read More

Tags: Progress , Duke Energy , North Carolina Utilities Commission , NCUC , North Carolina , FERC , Settlement , Troutman Sanders , energy

Feds Ignore Law, Court Rulings In Pennsylvania, Legal Foundation Asserts
Posted on 20 Mar 2012 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - Energy operators in Pennsylvania, after a victory at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in September 2011, on March 15 urged a Pennsylvania federal district court to ignore a brief filed by federal lawyers... Read More

Tags: Third Circuit , Mountain States Legal Foundation , NEPA , oil and gas drilling , Wolford Law Firm , Allegheny National Forest , Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association , Minard Run Oil Company , mineral rights , ANF , Pennsylvania , Minard Run Oil Company v. United States Forest Service , oil , environmental groups , U.S. Forest Service , Settlement , National Environmental Policy Act , gas , Weeks Act , Crowell and Moring , energy