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Federal Agency Recommends Updated Regulations for Pipeline Monitoring, Decommissioning, and Abandonment

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Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The Report recommends enhanced study of environmental impacts during the decommissioning process and additional oversight of the abandonment process.

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Federal Agency Recommends Updated Regulations for Pipeline Monitoring, Decommissioning, and Abandonment

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Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The Report recommends enhanced study of environmental impacts during the decommissioning process and additional oversight of the abandonment process.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1] 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating.

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Fifth Circuit to Hold Oral Argument in Sojitz v. UNOCAL in April 2020

The Energy Law

2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. Union Oil Co. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. UNOCAL assigned operating rights in the leases to ATP, who later assigned 20% of those rights to Sojitz.

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Choice-of-Law Provisions in Marine Insurance Contracts Upheld by the Supreme Court

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In a much-anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court held that choice-of-law provisions in marine insurance contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal maritime law with a few narrow exceptions. In Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC , 601 U.S. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC , 601 U.S.

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False Claims Act Relators Be Warned: Rule 54’s Taxable Costs Award Lies Ahead for the Overeager Relator

The Energy Law

In a published opinion last week, the Fifth Circuit sent a reminder to would-be False Claims Act (“FCA”) relators that they better think carefully before filing suit because while they may be seeking treble damages, they may ultimately be held liable for significant taxable costs should their complaint fail to survive summary judgment.

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

The Energy Law

In a recent opinion, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the “Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana” (“SRA-L”) is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity. [1] 1] SRA-L was a named defendant in a suit by plaintiffs who own land in Louisiana and Texas. Tarrant County , 798 F.2d 2d 736, 744-45 (5 th Cir.

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