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

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On April 19, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report (the “Report”) in response to a request from the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources regarding the oversight and decommissioning of pipelines in federal waters, which are mainly located within the Gulf of Mexico.

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

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2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. 2018) (“parties will always be jointly and severally liable to the government for the cost of decommissioning, no matter what their contract provides”). Union Oil Co.

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

The Energy Law

On April 19, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report (the “Report”) in response to a request from the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources regarding the oversight and decommissioning of pipelines in federal waters, which are mainly located within the Gulf of Mexico.

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

The Energy Law

The policy selected New York law to govern all future disputes arising under the contract. Marine insurance policies are maritime contracts which are governed in the first instance by maritime law. 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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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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False Claims Act Relators Be Warned: Rule 54’s Taxable Costs Award Lies Ahead for the Overeager Relator

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At best, the Court found the relators were the original source of alleged Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act violations, but because they failed to present any evidence that those purported violations induced false claims to the government, they were not FCA ones. In John King, et al v. in taxable costs to the defendants. Reg’l Healthcare Sys.,

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

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To support its position regarding the third factor—the degree of local autonomy the entity enjoys—SRA-L harped on the fact that its thirteen board members are gubernatorial appointees confirmed by the state senate with no involvement by local governing bodies or local legislators. Tarrant County , 798 F.2d 2d 736, 744-45 (5 th Cir.

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