From American Lawyer The year is still young, but the Dallas legal market is rollicking like it never has before. Big firms are raiding established Texas firms to open new offices, and Dallas lawyers are surprising competitors by jumping to other firms. The unusually liquid market is top of mind for managing partners of Dallas firms, and they posit many
100th LNG shipment departed from Sabine Pass on Saturday; more Liquefaction Capacity on the Gulf with completion of Train 3 Higher volumes of U.S. shale gas are about to find their way around the globe. This past weekend marked some notable milestones achieved by Cheniere Energy (ticker: LNG) and, by proxy, the nascent U.S. LNG export industry. Cheniere announced the
CFO McCollum leaves Halliburton to lead Weatherford; HAL General Counsel Robb Voyles named interim CFO Halliburton Company (ticker: HAL) announced earlier in the week that its chief financial officer Mark McCollum left the company in order to take the post of president and CEO of Weatherford International plc (ticker: WFT). “After conducting a thorough executive search the board determined that
Today President Trump announced 26 additional members of the White House Counsel’s Office who are serving under White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II, according to the White House press briefing. The full list of appointees is below [source: The White House]: Greg Katsas serves as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President. Most recently, Mr. Katsas
Important hearing for HB 17-1124 at Colorado State Capitol — Feb. 22 Legislators in Denver have proposed a bill that would require a local government that interferes with oil and gas operations in Colorado to compensate oil and gas operators, mineral lessees and royalty owners for all costs, damages and losses from the interference. The Colorado Alliance of Mineral
From The American Lawyer Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s energy and commodities group is breaking up, with lawyers leaving for Allen & Overy and Haynes and Boone, part of a process that will see the Wall Street firm close a Houston office that it opened six years ago. In a statement provided to The American Lawyer, Cadwalader’s managing partner Patrick Quinn
From Texas Lawyer When wealthy people ask jurors to settle their battles, their lawyers run the risk of running headlong into popular sentiment against the “one percent.” Those were the circumstances last month at a trial that pitted T. Boone Pickens against three Texas oil companies before a Reeves County jury. The litigants wanted to resolve a 10-year-old contractual dispute
Diana Liebmann, partner, Haynes and Boone, San Antonio, was named in Texas Lawyer’s 2016 list of top women in energy law. “We are proud to profile the honorees of our 2016 Top Women in Energy awards. The following women are recognized for their work in the area of energy law—an area that has been particularly volatile this past year,” the
North Dakota has a unique split estate configuration that complicates oil and gas rule making Last week, on the eve of the U.S. holiday, North Dakota joined Wyoming and Montana in a legal petition filed against the federal government’s final flaring and emissions rule. North Dakota filed a memorandum in support of the its unopposed motion to intervene as petitioner in case
From American Lawyer Squire Patton Boggs announced Monday that Cleveland-based partner Frederick Nance will be the global firm’s next managing partner for U.S. operations, beginning Jan. 1. He will also become the first African-American partner to sit on the firm’s 12-person global board and six-person executive group. Nance, 63, heads Squire Patton’s U.S. sports and entertainment practice, with a client
From Corporate Counsel The announced retirement of ExxonMobil’s general counsel, Jack Balagia, sheds light on a practice that is common at law firms but less known at corporate legal departments: mandatory retirement policies. Balagia will retire Nov. 1, shortly after he turned 65, Exxon’s required retirement age. He has been with the company more than 18 years, the last six
Ukraine’s Naftogaz seeks compensation for assets in Crimea The fallout between Russia and Ukraine continues as Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz files for US$2.6 billion in damages over its lost assets in Crimea. Naftogaz and its subsidiaries filed a claim against the Russian Federation under the Russia-Ukraine Bilateral Investment Treaty, the company said in a press release. “Upon
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