259 ABA Journal Energy Law articles.
Hard hit by the downturn in the oil and gas industry, a 60-attorney Houston-based law firm is closing its doors at the end of the year.
Founded nearly a decade…
Nov 24, 2015 10:10 AM CST
A slump in the energy market hasn’t kept Baker Botts from expanding the attorney roster in its Houston headquarters.
After adding 25 lawyers in 2015, the firm is looking to…
Oct 20, 2015 11:55 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had the power to require compensation for large electricity users that reduce consumption during peak demand.
Arguing…
Oct 16, 2015 6:15 AM CDT
The Texas Oil & Gas Association and the city of Denton, Texas, have resolved a lawsuit over the city’s ban on hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking.” According to a…
Sep 17, 2015 5:33 PM CDT
Many conservative commentators have aired claims that trial lawyers appear more liberal than the rest of the population, and they overwhelmingly contribute to Democratic candidates.
Is it true? And is…
Sep 2, 2015 5:45 AM CDT
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation Monday to prevent local communities from banning fracking, a process used to extract gas from shale.
Abbott said the measure protects private property rights…
May 19, 2015 1:22 PM CDT
Following a precipitous drop in oil and gas prices, Steptoe & Johnson has laid off energy lawyers and staff in its Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia offices.
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Apr 1, 2015 1:00 AM CDT
An Oklahoma judge overseeing a class action against Chesapeake Energy has ordered a Texas lawyer to stop encouraging class members to opt out of a proposed settlement.
Judge Jon Parsley…
Feb 20, 2015 6:53 AM CST
At a time when access to oil and gas is a primary concern throughout the world economy, there is a growing push to make sure that human rights are not…
Feb 6, 2015 9:10 AM CST
A well-known Philadelphia law firm is expanding its footprint in the state and has raided two major Pennsylvania-based competitors to do so.
As of Friday, Blank Rome will have a…
Jan 7, 2015 12:55 PM CST
Only about three years ago, there were 33 attorneys on the roster of Houston litigation boutique Schwartz Junell Greenberg & Oathout.
But many went to bigger firms looking to hire…
Dec 15, 2014 4:55 PM CST
An unusual five-justice majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a defendant who sought to remove a class action from state to federal court.
The court ruled that…
Dec 15, 2014 10:56 AM CST
A gas company has been fined $1.05 million by the California Public Utilities Commission over ex parte emails in which it successfully lobbied to have the judge its officials preferred…
Nov 20, 2014 3:35 PM CST
An activist group that includes three law students has sued Harvard University in Massachusetts state court over its fossil fuel investments.
In a complaint (PDF) for declaratory and injunctive…
Nov 20, 2014 10:55 AM CST
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