A federal judge in New Orleans ruled that Louisiana law governs a master services agreement in an oilfield allision dispute, barring a crewing contractor from seeking non-contractual indemnity or contribution.
A federal court dismissed an environmental lawsuit challenging Sable Offshore Corp.'s Santa Barbara Channel operations, ruling that plaintiffs lacked standing because their asserted injury had no basis in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
A federal judge ruled that Weyerhaeuser Co. is limited to charging $60 per acre (adjusted for inflation) for surface access under a 99-year timber lease, dismissing a breach of contract claim by Louisiana Minerals Ltd. due to a lack of proven damages.
The state’s highest court held that trial courts must interpret utility rate settlement agreements for ambiguity before deferring to agency discretion, remanding a dispute over $17 million in storm recovery costs.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a district court judgment in a dispute between Devon Energy and the Department of the Interior, remanding the case for further proceedings.
A 1933 deed's double-fraction language — "one-fourth of the usual one-eighth royalty" — has split Fasken and its counterparties over whether the interest floats at 1/4 or stays fixed at 1/32.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Nationwide Energy Partners, L.L.C. is a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, reversing a lower commission order that had exempted the company from regulation.
The U.S. Department of Energy has rescinded a policy capping reimbursement for administrative and staffing costs on state energy programs at 10 percent of a project's total budget and agreed to dismiss its appeal of a federal court ruling that struck the...
A federal judge in Maryland allowed a class action against an energy services company to proceed, ruling that a contract’s requirement to reflect “market conditions” prohibits rates set mainly to maximize profit margins.
The justices heard argument on a first-impression question: whether federal courts retain equitable authority to toll the 30-day removal deadline under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b), a circuit-split issue arising from Michigan's attempt to shut down Line 5, an...