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Robin E. Kobayashi
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Silicosis: An Ancient Disease Plagues Construction, Fracking and Engineered Countertop Workers
Silicosis, an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, can be traced back to ancient Greeks and Romans. In the early 18th century, the noted Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini observed sand-like substances in the...
LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Insurance Law
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Insurance Coverage Issues in Hydraulic Fracturing
By Walter J. Andrews, Michael S. Levine, and Jennifer E. White, Hunton & Williams LLP Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) continues to be a controversial means of energy production. Despite refined fracking techniques and successful...
Jenner & Block Corporate Environmental Lawyer
over 8 years ago
Environmental
Public Health and Safety
EPA Evaluates Fracking Chemicals
The EPA recently initiated a process that may result in the first federal regulation of chemicals used in fracking, a drilling technique that has significantly enhanced energy production and development in the United States. In a response to a citizen...
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
over 8 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: The Impacts of the 2014 Elections on Colorado’s Energy Industry
By Lori A. Dawkins, Member, and Devin C. Daines, Associate The results and impacts of Colorado’s recent elections were widely regarded as positive by those in the energy industry. By narrowly winning a second term, Governor John Hickenlooper...
Ballard Spahr LLP
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Ballard Spahr LLP: President Obama, EPA Announce Final Clean Power Plan to Regulate Power Plant Emissions Connected to Climate Change
President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the issuance of the long-anticipated Federal Clean Power Plan, which regulates emission to the atmosphere of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from existing fossil fuel-fired electric...
Babst Calland
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Babst Calland: Ohio Supreme Court Schedules Oral Argument in Dormant Mineral Act Cases
By Michael T. Altvater The Ohio Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in two significant Dormant Mineral Act (“DMA”) cases. Oral argument has been scheduled on Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. for May 6, 2015. As previously reported...
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: EPA Releases Clean Power Plan
By Stephen L. Miller On August 3, 2015, President Obama and EPA Administrator McCarthy released the agency’s Clean Power Plan , regulations designed to significantly reduce CO 2 emissions from power plants, as well as promoting low-emitting power...
Babst Calland
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Babst Calland: Pennsylvania High Court Prohibits Tolling of Oil and Gas Leases During Litigation
By Steven B. Silverman [On Feb. 17], the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued Harrison v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. , a significant opinion in which the Court refused to apply equitable tolling principles that other oil and gas jurisdictions have adopted...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Cadwalader: Initial Decision Finds that BP Manipulated 2008 Natural Gas Market in Texas
Introduction On August 13, 2015, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“ FERC ” or “ Commission ”) Administrative Law Judge (“ ALJ ”) issued an initial decision in which she found that BP America Inc. et al. (“...
Babst Calland
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Babst Calland: Pennsylvania Federal Court Holds 1961 Dual Purpose Lease Still In Effect
By Matthew L. Lambach | In the case titled Mason v. Range Res.-Appalachia LLC (2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97471), the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania recently held that a 1961 oil and gas lease remained in effect pursuant...
LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Energy
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A New LexisNexis Publication: "The Legal and Regulatory Landscape of Hydraulic Fracturing"
Perhaps no topic in energy and environmental law has been more controversial than the extraction of shale oil and gas from rock formations through hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” It is the subject of vigorous debates over its purported...
Babst Calland
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Babst Calland: 3 Oil and Gas Bills Pass Pennsylvania Senate Panel
By Elena L. Rorabaugh | A Pennsylvania senate committee recently unanimously approved two bills regarding oil and gas royalty calculations. StateImpact Pennsylvania reported that Senate Bills 147 and 148 were approved by the Senate Environmental Resources...
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
over 8 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: U.S. EPA Moves Forward with Potential TSCA Rulemaking Regarding Hydraulic Fracturing
By Armando F. Benincasa, Member The public comment period for USEPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding hydraulic fracturing chemicals and mixtures and potential regulation pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) came...
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
over 8 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: New York Court of Appeals Upholds Local Zoning Restrictions on Oil and Gas
On June 30, 2014, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that under the “Home Rule” principle, towns may ban oil and gas production activities, including but not limited to hydraulic fracturing, through the use of local zoning laws in the case...
Babst Calland
over 8 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Babst Calland: Energy Transfer Partners Approves Construction of New Marcellus/Utica Pipeline
By Michael T. Altvater Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.’s board of directors has approved the construction of a new pipeline to transport gas to markets in the United States and Canada. The pipeline’s capacity is proposed to transport 2.2...
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