On a hot June summer day this year, residents from the small farming town of Dryden, in upstate New York, gathered in front of the local courthouse to celebrate. The…
Successfully defending Halliburton Co. in litigation related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in pink slips for 17 attorneys and six staff members at a Texas law firm.
After a fatal gas-supply pipeline rupture, explosion and fire in San Bruno, California, the utility company responsible spent $1.29 billion on pipeline improvements. Eight people died in the 2010 accident,…
A record $1.4 billion safety fine has been imposed by the California Public Utilities Commission concerning a 2010 gas pipeline rupture, explosion and fire that killed eight people, injured dozens…
Do national voter registration forms have to include proof of citizenship requirements imposed by Arizona and Kansas? That’s the issue that will be argued on Monday before the Denver-based 10th…
A federal grand jury in San Francisco on Tuesday returned a new indictment against a California utility company in a fatal 2010 natural gas explosion and fire.
Kirkland & Ellis announced Tuesday that it is opening an office in the midst of Houston’s hot energy-law market. It will be the seventh office in the U.S. and 12th…
A utility company was federally indicted Tuesday on 12 criminal counts related to a fatal 2010 fire caused by a pipeline explosion that leveled much of a California neighborhood.
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