A federal judge in Ohio has awarded Chesapeake Exploration a summary judgment win in a rare class-action-certified dispute over oil and gas royalties in Ohio’s Utica Shale.
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Latham, V&E Advise on Roan Resources’ $1B Purchase by Warburg-backed Citizen
The offer represents a 24% premium for Roan, which was born out of the bankruptcy of Linn Energy and will be led by a former Linn executive.
Paul Hastings, Sidley Add Houston Energy Transactional Partners
Three energy deal partners are on the move. Two have joined Paul Hastings from Baker Botts, and one jumped to Sidley from Bracewell.
NRF Scores Win in Unusual Car Wreck Trial
Most defendants do not hire a global corporate law firm to handle old-fashioned car crash cases, but Brenda Buenrostro v. Richardo Machuca, Stripes, Sunoco and Energy Transfer Equity had the potential to be much bigger than a garden variety auto accident – millions of dollars bigger. Enter Norton Rose Fulbright.
Leon Carter: DBA’s 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year
A ballroom full of friends, family, colleagues and public officials gathered in the Texas Hill Country last week to honor E. Leon Carter, the Dallas Bar Association’s 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year. Natalie Posgate was there and tells his story, from an East Texas upbringing to winning high-stakes jury verdicts.
Gibson Dunn Advises SK Innovation on $1.05B Peruvian Gas Field Sale to Pluspetrol
The South Korean seller plans to use the proceeds to diversify into other energy sectors and expand in Asia and North America.
Locke Lord, Orrick Assist on NextEra’s Purchase of Meade Pipeline from Cabot, Others for $1.37B
The transaction – which includes $90 million for expansion – comes as Appalachia’s Marcellus Shale continues to lack pipeline capacity to carry natural gas to market.
Bill Brewer’s Misconduct Case Moves to SCOTX
A five-year battle over sanctions against NRA lawyer Bill Brewer will be argued Oct. 10 before the Texas Supreme Court. The issue is whether Brewer conducted a poll of potential jurors in Lubbock to gauge public attitudes or to improperly influence the jury pool. Both sides agree that the case presents “multiple questions of law and policy that have far-reaching implications and are important to the jurisprudence of the state.”
Group of Environmental Lawyers Jump from Katten to Baker Botts
The Texas-based corporate law firm is expected to announce next week that it has added up to nine partners – three of them based in Texas – to its environmental and workplace safety practice, The Texas Lawbook has learned. All nine attorneys have been partners in the Austin, Houston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices of Chicago-based Katten Muchin.
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Announces New Executive Director
The pro bono organization has promoted from within.