Within the past few years hydraulic fracturing and its alleged impact on water quality has received increasing attention from the media, the EPA, Congress, and state and...

Companies with offshore operations may find themselves scrambling to prioritize responses to almost daily regulatory developments in offshore drilling regulations. In...

On September 16, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's ("CFTC") Division of Market Oversight granted temporary relief from certain requirements...

On August 26, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court issued three opinions with significant implications for Texas energy companies and land and mineral rights owners. The Court...

Regime change will inevitably open doors to lucrative business opportunities for foreign investors in Libya, particularly in relation to Libya's oil reserves, the...

Market manipulation has been a subject of prosecution for over seventy years. However, the focus on market manipulation in the energy industry is more recent, and now...

On August 22, 2011, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection ("WVDEP")—pursuant to Governor Ray Tomblin's Executive Order 4-11, issued...

President Barack Obama yesterday signed an Executive Order imposing significant new sanctions against Syria that will vastly curtail the ability of U.S. companies to...

As the Eagle Ford Shale becomes more and more prolific and as more companies rush to do business in South Texas, there are certain challenges and legal issues that all...

On July 28, 2011, EPA released sweeping new proposed regulations targeting the oil and gas industry, pursuant to its authority under the Clean Air Act ("CAA"...

The stress of the economic downturn over the last few years may drive some lawyers to solicit business far more aggressively than they should, take on matters...

Hydraulic fracturing involves the injection of fluids and proppants into subsurface hydrocarbon formations in order to increase production of oil and natural gas wells....

The Federal Trade Commission is preparing subpoenas to petroleum companies as part of an investigation into rising gasoline prices, according to a report yesterday in...

On July 19, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") unanimously approved three final rules and approved two proposed rules...

On July 14, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") issued a final order providing temporary exemptive relief from certain provisions of Title...