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Cynthia A. Holub; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 17, 2012, previously published on January 11, 2012 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision holding that even if an indemnity agreement between a contractor and a subcontractor were unenforceable for failing to meet the fair notice requirements of express negligence and conspicuousness, the indemnity agreement nevertheless...
| | Court Temporarily Halts Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Ashley P. Aiello, Ragna O. Henrichs, James E. Smith; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 12, 2012, previously published on January 9, 2012 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a request by the State of Texas to stay EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, until the Court rules on the merits of the challenge to that Rule.
| | Cease and Desist, Please
Jeffrey R. Elkin; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 5, 2012, previously published on January 2012 With Twitter, 24/7 news coverage, and constant Facebook status updates, today’s social-media dominated environment can easily send “news” viral, and potentially damage a company’s otherwise stellar business reputation.
| | EPA Draft Report: Wyoming Groundwater Likely Contains Chemicals from Fracking
Ashley P. Aiello, Ragna O. Henrichs, James E. Smith; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 13, 2011, previously published on December 9, 2011 The US EPA released a draft report on December 8, 2011, regarding its investigation of groundwater near Pavillion, Wyoming.
| | The Year of the Enforcer
Jeffrey R. Elkin; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 6, 2011, previously published on December 2011 The whistleblower provision of the Dodd-Frank Act went into effect this year, offering whistleblowers 10 to 30 percent of penalties over $1 million. Many predicted that there would be an increase in reporting in the wake of the implementation of this rule, and that prediction proved to be true.
| | Unknown Conditions - Can Parties Contractually Assign Liability Without Limits?
Denise L. Nestel, Clay Martindale Steely; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 24, 2011, previously published on November 17, 2011 The Texas Supreme Court recently granted review in a pipeline construction case involving the enforceability of a contract provision assigning “all risks” to a particular party. In El Paso Field Services, L.P. v. MasTec North America, Inc., et al., El Paso hired MasTec and signed a $3.6...
| | University of Texas Energy Institute Releases Preliminary Finding: No Link Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Contamination
Ashley P. Aiello, Ragna O. Henrichs, James E. Smith; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 24, 2011, previously published on November 16, 2011 The University of Texas Energy Institute issued a press release on November 10, 2011. “Preliminary findings from a study on the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development suggest no direct link to reports of groundwater contamination,” according to the UT Energy Institute.
| | 'Discovering' Social Media
Jeffrey R. Elkin; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 24, 2011, previously published on November 2011 Social media like Facebook can pose significant problems in litigation, well beyond the fall-out from an inappropriate post by an employee.
| | EPA's OIG Determines That EPA Met Statutory Requirements, But Not OMB Requirements, In Issuing GHG Endangerment Finding
Ashley P. Aiello, Ragna O. Henrichs, James E. Smith; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 5, 2011, previously published on September 30, 2011 On September 26, 2011, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that EPA complied with statutory procedures in issuing its greenhouse gas (GHG) endangerment finding, but did not comply with the procedural requirements of the Office of...
| | Social Media Ghost Stories
Jeffrey R. Elkin; Porter Hedges LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 5, 2011, previously published on October 3, 2011 At the intersection of social media and the workplace, it’s still scary out there.
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