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OCTOBER 6, 2016

13] On September 28, 2016, the Louisiana Third Circuit issued another opinion in XXI Oil & Gas v. 2016 WL 1179206 (W.D. La 2016) (finding that only unleased mineral owners are entitled to 103.1 9/28/2016), 2016 WL 5404650 (hereinafter referred to as “ XXI Oil & Gas II ”). [2] 9/28/2016), 2016 WL 5404650. [15]

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MARCH 3, 2017

The Defendants, who are timber and commercial developers, requested that the Court rehear the June 30, 2016 panel majority opinion that upheld the District Court’s ruling that the Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of 1,500 acres of private land in St. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

On November 23, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) confirmed its authorization of the construction of a $3.5 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana and rejected the Sierra Club’s request for rehearing on the matter. billion standard cubic feet per day (Magnolia LNG Project).

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

2016-C-1647 (La. 2016-C-1647, p. 2016-C-1647 at p. 2016-C-1647 at p. 2016-C-1647 at p. 2016-C-1647 at p. 2016-C-1647 at p. Case: Warren v. Shelter Mutual Ins. 10/18/17), So. The full opinion can be accessed here: [link] [4] Warren v. Shelter Mutual Ins. 10/18/17), So. Baker , 554 U.S.

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MAY 26, 2016

In January 2016, Judge Haik retired from the bench and the case was transferred to Judge Drell. 2:08CV00893, 2016 WL 1158075, at *4 (W.D. CITGO filed an appeal of the ruling with the Fifth Circuit on May 4, 2016. The EPA sought a penalty of $4,300 per barrel. Adm’r of E.P.A. CITGO Petroleum Corp.,

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SmartBrief

MARCH 10, 2025

These can include making an effort to educate all employees in the company about neurodiversity, having an accessible website and setting out a clear accommodations policy. Judge outcomes, not processes In 2016, I joined a marketing agency to work on their social media. More on that below.)

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JULY 21, 2016

2016 WL 3568093, at *1-2 (5th Cir. June 30, 2016). Subsequently, on June 30, 2016, in a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed Judge Feldman’s ruling, upholding the FWS’s designation of Unit 1 as a “critical habitat” under the ESA. Markle Interests, 2016 WL 3568093, at *10-12.

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MARCH 7, 2023

2016) by adopting a new rule of construction: when an antiquated oil and gas conveyance contains double fractions that include one-eighth, a rebuttable presumption arises that the parties intended for “one-eighth” to reflect the entire mineral estate, though that presumption may only be rebutted by language present in the instrument itself.

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MARCH 15, 2017

1989 (2016). The Fifth Circuit upheld summary judgment in favor of BP under the FCA based on the “demanding” “materiality” standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court last year in Universal Health Services, Inc. United States ex rel. Escobar , 136 S.Ct.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

16-30009, 2016 WL 6810728, at *1 (5th Cir. 17, 2016), a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently limited the effect of the collateral source rule in a maritime employee’s personal injury action against a non-employer. In DePerrodil v. Bozovic Marine, Inc. ,

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APRIL 10, 2017

Before Liskow’s involvement in the case, the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana sided with Suavinex, granting summary judgment in its favor on the basis that its obligation extended only to Luv n’ care’s “proprietary” confidential information, not to products that were sold publicly. Luv n’ care, Ltd. 3d 442 (5th Cir.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

On November 11, 2016, the EPA published a proposed rule designed to update its Renewable Fuel Standards Program and support the growth of renewable fuel use.

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JUNE 21, 2016

On June 17, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that an oil and gas producer (“Southwest”) was not entitled to a statutory exemption from sales taxes on its purchases of casing, tubing and pumps used in the production of oil and gas (the “Equipment”). At issue in Southwest Royalties, Inc.

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JUNE 14, 2016

Yesterday, (June 13, 2016), the First Circuit denied the writ “on the showing made.” 3] The plaintiff sought writs from the First Circuit Court of Appeal. Sterling Sugars Inc., Amerada Hess, et al., 2015-CW-1857 (La.

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JULY 18, 2016

On June 29, 2016, the U.S. This is Part II of our TSCA update following the recent changes to the TSCA legislation. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its first year implementation plan for the recently-enacted amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”).

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AUGUST 18, 2016

Parts 192 and 195 (2016). On August 16th, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued an advisory bulletin to clarify the regulatory requirements that may vary depending on the operational status of a pipeline under 49 C.F.R.

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JUNE 4, 2019

May 29, 2019), the Court upheld a privilege claw-back provision in a private-company merger transaction, consistent with its guidance in Great Hill. RSI acquired Radixx Solutions International, Inc.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

2016-N01, in 2016, which created widespread industry concern, and, as a result, was never fully implemented. To provide guidance on this issue, from 1998 through 2016, BOEM (and its predecessor) issued four NTLs, with each subsequent NTL replacing the prior NTL. 2016-N01, previously mentioned, which was never fully implemented.

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APRIL 16, 2019

167 (2016) directly addresses the particular issues facing local counsel in real estate finance transactions. 213 (2012) and The ACREL Papers 121 (Spring 2013). The Local Counsel Opinion Letters – A Supplement to the Real Estate Finance Opinion Report of 2012 , 51 Real Prop. & Est. L. The latest report, just published at 53 Real Prop.

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JULY 12, 2016

On June 22, 2016, President Obama signed the Frank R. This is Part I of a two-part series looking at the recent changes to the TSCA legislation. This article will explore the changes introduced by the Act. A follow-up article will explore the EPA’s recently released plan for implementing these changes.

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MAY 26, 2023

Plaintiffs alleged that despite advance knowledge of the likelihood for significant downstream flooding, SRA-L decided to open spillway gates freeing water from the reservoir into the Sabine River to alleviate elevated reservoir volumes from a cataclysmic rain storm in March of 2016. The last two factors hold the least weight.

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JUNE 7, 2017

2016-1372, — So. On May 3, 2017, the Louisiana Supreme Court responded that “good faith” under the Act requires that “an employee is acting with an honest belief that a violation of an environmental law, rule, or regulation occurred.” Crosby Tugs, L.L.C. 3d —, 2017 WL 1716226 (La.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

DNR held a public hearing the following year, and, in late 2016, it filed its most feasible plan and supporting written reasons. In September 2015, the trial court ordered BP to submit a remediation plan to DNR, and it also referred the matter to DNR for a public hearing and development of a most feasible plan.

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JUNE 1, 2016

15-290, 2016 WL 3041052 (U.S. May 31, 2016). The United States Supreme Court recently addressed whether the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ determination that wetlands are “waters of the United States” constitutes a final agency action that is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act in U.S.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

2016-N01, in 2016, which created widespread industry concern, and, as a result, was never fully implemented. To provide guidance on this issue, from 1998 through 2016, BOEM (and its predecessor) issued four NTLs, with each subsequent NTL replacing the prior NTL. 2016-N01, previously mentioned, which was never fully implemented.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2016, Louisiana specifically required IARs to be registered and to pass a Series 65 exam or meet other third-party certifications, such as CFP, PFS, or CFA. State Registration of Solicitors In 2006, Louisiana defined an IAR as including an individual who “solicits, offers or negotiates for the sale or sells investment advisory services”.

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MAY 10, 2019

2016), a decision that was “legally indistinguishable,” albeit only persuasive and non-binding. Hoffman , 209 So.3d The Court also looked to the recent United States Fifth Circuit opinion of Deperrodil v. Bozovic Marine, Inc. , 3d 353 (5th Cir. Simmons at 7.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

2016) (using “his employer”), as cases involving claims only against a direct employer, unlike the instant matter. The Court also distinguished Valladolid and another case cited by Chevron, Baker v. Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, L.L.C. , 3d 542 (5th Cir. Instead, the Fifth Circuit relied on the language found in the OCSLA itself.

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JUNE 8, 2020

2016) (holding that a disclaimer of Heritage Resources “cannot free a royalty of postproduction costs when the text of the lease itself does not do so” and that such disclaimer did not influence the Court’s decision). Two decades later, the Court touched on this issue again. Chesapeake Expl., Hyder , 483 S.W.3d 3d 870, 876 (Tex.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

However, a district court can deny remand if, after conducting a “summary-judgment-type” of inquiry, in which the court pierces the pleadings, it determines the plaintiff’s complaint “misstated or omitted discrete facts.” quoting Flagg v. Stryker Corp. , 3d 132, 136-37 (5th Cir.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

However, a district court can deny remand if, after conducting a “summary-judgment-type” of inquiry, in which the court pierces the pleadings, it determines the plaintiff’s complaint “misstated or omitted discrete facts.” quoting Flagg v. Stryker Corp. , 3d 132, 136-37 (5th Cir.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

CFTC Time-Limited No-Action Relief The CFTC’s final margin rules for non-cleared swaps were published in January 2016, and require swap dealers to collect and post variation margin with each counterparty that is a swap dealer, major swap participant or financial end user. [3] 6, 2016). [4] 4] CFTC Letter No. 17-11 is available here. [5]

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JULY 7, 2022

Like the current program finalized in 2016, it removes from consideration the federal waters off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts while inviting public comment on 10 potential sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one in the Cook Inlet off south-central Alaska.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

These requirements were to be implemented over the course of a year, with the most onerous and controversial condition – mandatory disclosure of labor law compliance – to go into effect on Tuesday, October 25, 2016.

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JULY 28, 2017

The USFWS’ critical habitat designation was upheld by Judge Feldman in the Eastern District of Louisiana in 2014, affirmed by a 2-1 decision in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016, and denied an en banc rehearing by an 8-6 vote of the Fifth Circuit in February 2017.

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APRIL 8, 2021

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace issued a report in 2016 finding that some sexual harassment training even caused men to be more likely to blame both the harasser and the victim involved in a sexual harassment scenario.

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APRIL 8, 2021

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace issued a report in 2016 finding that some sexual harassment training even caused men to be more likely to blame both the harasser and the victim involved in a sexual harassment scenario.

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