The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Most American maritime and environmental attorneys and vessel owners are familiar with OPA 90 and oil spill liability in the United States. But what happens when a vessel spills oil in the territorial waters of another country? The CLC addresses civil liability for maritime oil spills.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

A Regulatory Increase to the Limits of Liability for Oil Pollution and an Amendment Exempting Small Passenger Vessels from the Limitation of Liability Act Present New Challenges for Vessel Owners U.S. First, the Coast Guard announced [1] increases to the liability limits in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). [2] 78860 (Dec.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 10, 2010

—Tyler 5/5/2010), the Tyler Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to the termination of an oil and gas lease for failure to pay shut-in royalty payments to the proper party. The case involved a dispute between the original lessee and a top lessee.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Legacy litigation claims generally concern alleged contamination arising from historic oil and gas operations under theories of both breach of contract and tort. Recently, those typical types of claims have been supplemented in some legacy litigation cases with citizen suit allegations based on the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Legacy litigation claims generally concern alleged contamination arising from historic oil and gas operations under theories of both breach of contract and tort. Recently, those typical types of claims have been supplemented in some legacy litigation cases with citizen suit allegations based on the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Supreme Court case, Burwell v. Bush in 2001. Duncan has also served as an Assistant Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General in the Texas Attorney General’s Office and worked in private practice at the firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 2751 (2014). from Columbia University Law School.

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