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La. legacy lawsuit reform signed into law by Gov. Jindal
Jindal BATON ROUGE � Gov. Bobby Jindal has put an official end to the legacy lawsuit battle that racked the 2012 Louisiana legislative session. -
***FOR PRINT***La. industry groups pushing 'legacy lawsuit' reform
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - A joint statement has been released by a trio of energy and industry associations detailing their plans to push ahead with "legacy lawsuit" reform legislation despite opposition from landowners. -
Denbury Green Pipeline loses appeal of $444K condemnation judgment
The Denbury Green company website shows this photo of the pipeline construction. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas lost an appeal Thursday when the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed a final judgment awarding damages in the amount of $444,587 in a condemnation proceeding. -
Texas oil company fined $12M for violations in Louisiana
WASHINGTON � Houston, Texas-based Pelican Refining Co. has been fined $12 million for felony violations of the Clean Air Act at its Louisiana refinery. -
Texas Supreme Court reverses decisions two state agency permits; Removes Denbury Green Pipeline common carrier status
The Texas Supreme Court reversed the common carrier status of the Denbury Green Pipeline on Aug. 26. AUSTIN � Appellate judges in Beaumont invested too much power in state agency permits in two cases the Supreme Court of Texas decided on Aug. 26. -
Oil exploration companies want stay vacated so drilling can begin
Feldman NEW ORLEANS � On March 15, four days before U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman would have required him to issue permits to oil and gas explorers, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and won a stay. -
Denbury Green pipeline controversy heads to Texas Supreme Court
Photo of construction on the Denbury Green pipeline from the company website. AUSTIN � State Supreme Court justices will review Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd's grant of eminent domain power to owners of a carbon dioxide pipeline. -
Recent patent infringement/false marking suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Recent patent infringement/false marking suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas, June 24-30, 2010. -
Split appeals opinion bestows pipeline project with eminent domain power and common carrier status
Local rice farmers and land owners cringed Thursday, Sept. 24, after an appellate court affirmed a lower court's ruling granting a pipeline company common carrier status. -
Tyson fined for safety violations alleged to cause employee death
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Tyson Foods was ordered to pay the maximum criminal fine of $500,000 and serve a year of unsupervised organizational probation after pleading guilty to willfully violating worker safety regulations. -
Rice farmers appeal injunction, try to stop pipeline project
After being granted the power of eminent domain, Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas sought and received a permanent injunction earlier this year that stopped Texas Rice Land Partners from delaying construction of a pipeline. -
Government agencies sue former wood treatment plant for environmental cleanup costs
TEXARKANA � Joining other government agencies, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is suing Beazer East, the former wood treatment facility that closed almost 50 years ago. -
Rowan to pay $8 M for polluting Gulf
Rowan Companies Inc., a major oil and gas drilling company, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Beaumont to three felonies in connection with the routine discharge of pollutants and garbage into the Gulf of Mexico from one of the firm's oil rigs, the Justice Department announced Oct. 10. -
Texas jury hits Chavez-owned gas pumper for emissions breaches
Ronald J. Tenpas AUSTIN -- A Texas federal court has sustained two major breaches of the Clean Air Act against petroleum refiner and retailer CITGO, owned by the Venezuelan government.