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

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The Report also found that BSEE does not thoroughly account for environmental risks when authorizing decommissioning, does not ensure that operators properly clean and bury pipelines prior to abandonment, and does not monitor the location or condition of pipelines subsequent to abandonment.

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

The Energy Law

The Report also found that BSEE does not thoroughly account for environmental risks when authorizing decommissioning, does not ensure that operators properly clean and bury pipelines prior to abandonment, and does not monitor the location or condition of pipelines subsequent to abandonment.

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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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The Court emphasized that requiring “relators to have direct and independent knowledge of information that, when viewed in context, suggest the filing of false claims is also consistent with the FCA’s dual goals of ‘preventing parasitic suits by opportunistic late-comers who add nothing to the exposure of fraud.’” at 7 (quoting United States ex rel.

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Highly Anticipated En Banc Fifth Circuit Opinion Reframes Maritime Contract Analysis

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Doiron dramatically revamps the analysis to address substantial criticism and to adhere to the Supreme Court’s guidance in Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Kirby , 543 U.S.

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

The Energy Law

2004), where the court held that, to the extent a surety company or co-lessee paid the decommissioning obligations of the bankrupt lessee, they would be subrogated to the government’s claim. In response to UNOCAL’s argument that it could not be subrogated to a federal agency’s rights, Sojitz pointed to In re Tri-Union Dev. 611 (Bankr.

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

The Energy Law

14, 27 (2004). Kirby, Pty Ltd. , Contact Liskow attorneys Ray Waid , Jessie Shifalo , and Elizabeth Strunk for further questions regarding this topic.

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

The Energy Law

The Fifth Circuit determined that the SRA-L primarily dealt with local or regional concerns, unlike a state university fulfilling statewide higher education demands. The last two factors hold the least weight. SRA-L did not contest the lower court’s finding that the fifth factor did not aid in a finding of SRA-L being an arm of the state.

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