Professor Keith B. HallLSU Law School Finite Resources, Ltd. and certain other companies (collectively, “Finite”) own both the surface estate and the coal in most of the area occupied by an abandoned coal mine in Franklin County, Illinois. Royal Talon Company...
Register for EMLF’s Safety Seminar in Washington, DC
Registration is open for EMLF's biennial Safety Seminar on September 20-21, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Safety Seminar is chaired by Margo Lopez, Co-Leader of the Mine Safety and Health Practice of Ogletree Deakins. The conference will cover MSHA and OSHA topics, and...
National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition Seeking Volunteers
The National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition, hosted March 2-5 by WVU Law, is seeking volunteer judges. The competition is being held online. Early round judges must be attorneys of good standing licensed to practice law in any state. Now in its 12th...
Interview with Safety Seminar Chair Margo Lopez
Current association: Ogletree Deakins law firm Past association: Heenan, Althen & Roles law firm Law School: The George Washington University Undergraduate: University of Virginia Spouse: Marty Jones Children: John and Andrew Lopez Home: D.C. area Favorite...
Register for the 13th Appalachia Energy Law Conference
The 13th Annual Appalachia Energy Law Conference—formerly known as the Shale Plays Conference—will be held Thursday, September 8, 2022, in Pittsburgh. The conference focuses on legal issues related to onshore energy production, primarily oil and gas production in...
Schetroma Grant Recipients Mix with Members at Amelia Island
From left to right: R. Neal Pierce (Steptoe & Johnson), Charlotte Pierce, Taylor McGuffee, James Anderson (LSU Law student), Chancellor Cranford (LSU Law student), Amanda Johnson (LSU Law student), Mark Heath (Spilman Thomas & Battle), Prof. Machelle Hall (LSU...
Supreme Court Rejects Obama-Era EPA Plan to Regulate Existing Power Plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act
By Megan Haines, Ben H. Patton and Peter Trimarchi Originally appeared July 1, 2022 in Reed Smith EHS Law Insights. In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) rejected U.S. EPA’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan in West Virginia v. EPA on June 30, 2022....
EMLF Spotlight With Mark Heath
Current association: Member, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLCPast associations: Smith, Heenan & Althen, later Heenan, Althen & Roles, 1989-2002; US Army JAG Corps, 1987-1989Law School: University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, JD...
Fall Symposium Call for Topics
EMLF is now accepting topic and speaker proposals for the 2022 Fall Symposium (f/k/a Kentucky Mineral Law Conference), to be held October 11-13, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky. Topics should cover some aspect of energy production (including coal and other minerals, oil...
West Virginia Supreme Court Reconciles MSA and Rate Sheet
By Keith B. HallDirector of John P. Laborde Energy Law Center,Louisiana State University In Antero Resources Corporation v. Directional One Services Inc. USA, 2022 WL 1055592, the West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a judgment holding that a natural gas operator was...