Pipelines: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Issues Stop Work Instruction for Mountain Valley Pipeline On August 2, 2019, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a stop work instruction for a section [...]
Pesticides: California Couple Agrees to Reduced Roundup Damage Award On July 26, 2019, Plaintiffs Alva and Alberta Pilliod agreed to reduce a jury award from over $2 billion to over [...]
Pipelines: Appeals Court Vacates Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for Atlantic Coast Pipeline On July 26, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a decision by the [...]
Written by Chloe Marie – Research Specialist Case Summary: Newfield Exploration Company et al. v. State of North Dakota et al., No. 2019 ND 193 On July 11, 2019, the Supreme Court [...]
Food Labeling: Plant-Based Food Company Brings Suit Challenging Arkansas Meat Labeling Law On July 22, 2019, Tofurky Co., a producer of plant-based food products, brought suit in the Eastern District [...]
Production and Operation: Pennsylvania Court Upholds Most, But Not All, Unconventional Well Regulations On July 22, 2019, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court upheld most of Pennsylvania’s unconventional well regulations while also ruling that [...]
On April 16, 2019, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill No. 19-181 into law, increasing the focus on environmental and public health concerns in the oil and gas governance process [...]
Pesticides: Court Reduces Jury Award in Roundup Case On July 17, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California reduced a jury damage award regarding the herbicide [...]
Post-Production Costs: Court Determines Oil and Gas Company Cannot Deduct Post-Production Costs from State Royalty Payments On July 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of North Dakota ruled that Newfield Exploration Company (Newfield) [...]
On June 13, 2019, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) published a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on possible amendments or enhancements to regulations governing pipeline safety standards. On that same [...]
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