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E-Discovery Update: Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms Defendant’s Authority to Govern Its Own E-Discovery Protocols

The Energy Law

The Louisiana Third Circuit recently ​affirmed a trial court discovery ruling that allowed the defendant to design its own e-discovery protocol without input from plaintiffs. 3d–, whereby the court affirmed the trial court’s discretion to deny the plaintiffs’ demand for control over the defendant’s e-discovery protocols. ​ App.

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Top 5 Blog Posts from 2019

Coolfire Core

Before we turn the page on the year, lets take a look back at our top 5 blog posts from 2019. In the e-commerce era, consumers will simply move on to a competitor (often ordering the same product with same-day shipping from Amazon) leaving the retailer with a lost sale opportunity. Read Full Text 2. Read full text 3. Read Full Text 4.

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

The “ LL&E II ” decision finds that Act 312 charges the court, not the jury, to determine the funding needed to remediate property to government standards. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. Background of Legacy Litigation and LL&E I . LL&E II , at *2. 3d 1038 (“ LL&E I ”) marked a key development.

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Operational Compliance with the New Safer Seas Act

The Energy Law

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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms that LDNR Can Only Recover Emergency Response Costs Under La. R.S. 30:93(A)(4) from the Operator of Record and its Working Interest Owners

The Energy Law

4/6/22), –So. 3d–, the Louisiana Third Circuit denied the LDNR’s claims for recovery of over 6.3 million dollars in emergency costs from prior operators of an orphaned well. 30:80 et seq. This revision to the OSRL also allowed the LDNR to tap into the Fund to pay for emergency response costs. Lyon Well #1. with stopping the leak.

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“Juries cannot simply pick a number and put it in the blank.” – Texas Supreme Court Remands Case Involving $15 Million Jury Award for Noneconomic Damages Where Award was Unsupported and Arguments to the Jury Unsubstantiated

The Energy Law

Further, unsubstantiated arguments to the jury, such as comparisons of mental anguish to the cost of a fighter jet, a work of art, or miles driven by a defendant’s vehicles, are improper and lack a connection to the actual mental anguish claimed. This case arises from a fatal accident on an icy, unlit stretch of highway near Amarillo, Texas.

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Dismissal of Louisiana’s Challenge to TED Requirement for Shrimping Vessels in State Waters Affirmed

The Energy Law

On June 15, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the State of Louisiana lacked standing to challenge the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Final Rule requiring certain shrimping vessels in Louisiana waters to use turtle excluder devices (TEDs). This requirement was to go into effect on August 1, 2021.

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