This program is sponsored by Reed Smith and will focus on selected ESG developments that impact natural resource and energy companies. Reed Smith attorneys Mary M. Balaster and Todd O. Maiden will discuss: 1. SEC Focus: Security Exchange Commission Draft...
By: William J. OBrien Jr. and Andreah S. Riedel, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC On March 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its decision in Fonzi v. Brown and Fonzi v. Miller, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-901, discussing the level of due diligence required of a...
By: Christopher T. Kuhman, associate and member of the Pipeline and Hazmat Safety Group, Babst Calland, Washington, D.C. Background The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent federal agency that regulates the interstate transmission of natural...
By Keith B. Hall, LSU Law Center The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision on January 27, 2022 vacating Lease Sale 257, the largest sale of federal offshore oil and gas leases in history. Friends of the Earth v. Haaland, 2022 WL...
EMLF Member Spotlight: Kara Mundy Current law firm or association: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLPLaw School: The Ohio State University Moritz College of LawUndergraduate: The Ohio State UniversitySpouse: ChristopherChildren: Felicity (4) Wallace (3)Current home...
Current law firm or association: Reed Smith LLPPast associations (if any): None!Law School: Georgetown University Law CenterUndergraduate: University of PittsburghSpouse (if any): Farren LibenChildren (if any): We have three boys: Avi (8), Levi (4), and Asher (almost...
The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF) is proud to announce it has presented its 2021 John L. McClaugherty Award to Erin E. Magee. Erin was nominated for this award by multiple EMLF members, including her colleagues at Jackson Kelly, where she has spent her...
Over the past few years, significant media attention has been given to the high levels of distress and increasing rates of mental health concerns occurring within the legal profession. Stories of lawyer addiction and suicide have been addressed in numerous legal...
The EMLF Fall Symposium, formerly the Kentucky Mineral Law Conference, will be held in Lexington, Kentucky October 12-14, 2021. EMLF is excited to welcome the Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, United States Senator from West Virginia, as our keynote speaker. Senator...
AAPL & EMLF’s Joint Land Institute Join us November 3-4, 2021 for AAPL & EMLF's Joint Land Institute at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriot, 777 Aten Rd, Coraopolis, PA 15108.