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Second Circuit Upholds Independent Contractor Status for E & P Company

The Energy Law Blog

The issue of whether a company is an independent contractor of an E & P company is frequently litigated in oilfield injury accidents, as the injured worker searches for multiple sources of possible recovery. In McDaniel v R.J.’s s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d In McDaniel v R.J.’s s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d

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Second Circuit Upholds Independent Contractor Status for E & P Company

The Energy Law Blog

The issue of whether a company is an independent contractor of an E & P company is frequently litigated in oilfield injury accidents, as the injured worker searches for multiple sources of possible recovery. In McDaniel v R.J.’s s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d In McDaniel v R.J.’s s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d

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Operators May Earn and Sell Carbon Credits for the P&A of Inactive, Shut-in, or Temporarily Abandoned Wells

The Energy Law Blog

Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. Although Louisiana is allocating significant funds to P&A orphan wells, there is a lack of financial incentive for operators to address AOOG wells. Well Eligibility.

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2023 Master Plan Brings Updates to Coastal Research and Projects

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Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The most recent draft is the fourth update since it was first adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 2007 following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. [1]

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Climate-Related Lawsuits Continue to Return to State Courts: Understanding The Latest Ruling from District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corporation

The Energy Law Blog

Exxon ”), at p. A federal appeals court has affirmed that a “greenwashing” lawsuit by the District of Columbia against several major energy companies should not be heard in federal court. Part II summarizes the jurisdictional analysis in D.C. Part I – Fighting About the Forum: State v. Only the court is different. Different jury pool.

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Texas Supreme Court Upholds Railroad Commission’s Regulation of Commingled Oil and/or Gas Drilling and Production

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By Leta Seletzky : In Seagull Energy E & P, Inc. Railroad Comm’n, No. 03-0364, 2007 WL 1299163 (Tex. The petitioner also asserted that the Commission’s denial of the permit amounted to an unconstitutional taking of gas in the sand from which the well would produce.

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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 Blog

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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