The Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

On Friday, January 7, 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously upheld a COVID-19 vaccine mandate program that the state’s largest private healthcare system implemented for its employees. It will also be useful to employers in a variety of other cases where their personnel decisions are challenged. Hayes, et al.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

21-30523, 2022 WL 9862487 (5th Cir. 17, 2022) (hereinafter “ D & J Invs. One of the Facility Defendants removed the case to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, arguing that complete diversity existed between all properly joined defendants and the Plaintiffs. In D & J Invs. of Cenla, L.L.C.

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The Energy Law

JULY 27, 2023

The Third Circuit’s opinion in this case is the culmination of a year-and-a-half-long discovery dispute. In February 2022, Plaintiffs served their fourth set of discovery requests that included requests for electronically stored information (“ESI”).

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The Energy Law

JULY 6, 2023

The District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana preliminarily enjoined the enforcement of the Final Rule in Louisiana inshore waters until February 1, 2022, finding the state could sue in its quasi-sovereign capacity with its interest in and ownership of marine resources.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

maritime law experienced two significant changes on December 23, 2022—one pertaining to liability for oil pollution, the other concerning small passenger vessels. After significant changes, the SPVA was signed into law on December 23, 2022, as part of the nearly 2000-page James M. 23, 2022) (to be codified at 33 C.F.R.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 4, 2023

While 30:10 was amended during the 2022 legislative session, the amendment preserved the limited obligation of remitting the royalty and overriding royalty burdens to the nonparticipating owner for the benefit of the royalty and overriding royalty owners.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Valero Refining Meraux, LLC , 2022-00469 (La. On January 27, 2023, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a ruling involving claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress (“NIED”) absent physical damage. In Spencer v. 1/27/23), — So. should apply equally to NIED claims without corresponding physical harm.

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