Lawyers

A Maryland circuit court judge listened to lawyers for Dominion Resources Inc. and two environmental groups on Monday, the opening salvo in lawsuit over a proposed natural gas liquefaction facility, but ultimately decided to take the case under advisement.

A Maryland circuit court judge listened to lawyers for Dominion Resources Inc. and two environmental groups on Monday, the opening salvo in lawsuit over a proposed natural gas liquefaction facility, but ultimately decided to take the case under advisement.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly and lawyers representing several state agencies have filed briefs with the state Supreme Court, arguing that an appellate court erred when it said portions of Act 13, the state’s new omnibus Marcellus Shale law, were unconstitutional.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly and lawyers representing several state agencies filed briefs with the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, arguing that an appellate court erred when it said portions of Act 13, the state’s new omnibus Marcellus Shale law, were unconstitutional.

Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s stock price may have reached its bottom, an energy analyst said Friday. However, things may heat up in the coming days after activist shareholder Carl Icahn revealed late Friday that his firm now owns a 7.6% stake in the company — and he wants four board members replaced.

Lawyers for the former Kerr-McGee Corp. said last week they were still “evaluating our options” as to whether to appeal the recent court ruling ordering the producer, which is now part of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., to pay $22.9 million for the alleged underreporting of oil and natural gas royalties.

San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s lawyers were told Aug. 6 that a Mexican federal district court in North Baja California “unofficially” was notified that an original Ensenada judge was granted his recusal request due to “conflict of interest” in the ongoing legal battle between Sempra and a would-be owner of 220 acres adjacent to the Sempra Energia Costa Azul liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal.

San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s lawyers were told last Friday that a Mexican federal district court in North Baja California “unofficially” was notified that an original Ensenada judge was granted his recusal request due to “conflict of interest” in the ongoing legal battle between Sempra and a would-be owner of 220 acres adjacent to the Sempra Energia Costa Azul liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal.

Lawyers are beginning to circle following SemGroup LP’s Tuesday bankruptcy filing after the company racked up a reported $3.2 billion in trading losses on the New York Mercantile Exchange and over-the-counter energy derivative markets.