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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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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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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”). Parker Drilling Co. ,

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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

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which governs notarial acts of correction: A. (1) 17] Several years later, the Harts entered into a mineral lease with Spanoil Exploration with a three-year primary term that would conclude on May 9, 2004, even though the Harts’ mineral servitude would expire on March 3, 2004 if not used. [18] Dixon, 401 So. 2d 473 (La.

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

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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. 14, 27 (2004). (“Raiders”) were parties to a marine insurance policy covering Raiders’ vessel. 2 1 348 U.S. 310 (1955).

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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. Reg’l Healthcare Sys., 3d 168, 174 (5th Cir.

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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. Caremark, Inc., 3d 655, 658 (5th Cir. Hawkins , 381 F.3d

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