Nominations for EMLF's McClaugherty Award have been extended through May 19, 2023 and can be submitted by any EMLF member. Given since 2004, the award recognizes an individual for outstanding contribution to EMLF and to the field of energy and mineral law. It's named...
Court in West Virginia Rejects Claims Coal Lessee Breached Implied Covenants
Keith B. Hall, LSU Law Center Freeport Gas Coal Trust (Freeport) is the current lessor under a 1965 coal lease (Lease) covering more than 3,000 acres in Doddridge and Harrison Counties, West Virginia. Freeport Gas Coal Trust v. Harrison County Coal Resources, Inc.,...
Interview with Elizabeth B. Elmore
Current association: Jackson Kelly PLLC Past associations: Steptoe & Johnson; Reed Brothers, LP; Elmore & Elmore; Lane Law Firm; Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love Law School: Washington & Lee University School of Law Undergraduate: Converse College...
Interview with Bridget K. Sasson
Current law firm or association: Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. Law School: Duquesne University School of Law Undergraduate: University of Pittsburgh Current home town: Pittsburgh Favorite bar or restaurant in current home city? Why? Bakersfield. Few things...
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Call for Nominations
The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation is extending a call for nominations for its Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. Please submit nominations by May 1, 2023, to EMLF Executive Director Anna Girard Fletcher at anna@emlf.org. Self-nominations are accepted....
Attorney-Advisor Job Listing with Dept. of Commerce
Attorney-Advisor, Energy Transition Job Posting – March 2023 Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce The Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce, is seeking individuals with...
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Employees Paid on a Day-Rate Basis Entitled to Overtime
By: Neal Shah and Souhila EL Moussaoui Originally appeared Mar 01, 2023 as a Frost Brown Todd Publication. The United States Supreme Court recently held that paying an employee on a “day-rate” basis, even when that day rate was significantly higher than the...
Register for Spring Workshop in WV
EMLF is is bringing legal education to you this spring with workshops in Pittsburgh, PA; and Charleston, WV! Connect with colleagues over a delicious lunch while earning CLEs.Register for EMLF's Pittsburgh, PA Workshop, April 18, 2023, 12-3 p.m. EDT at the Union Trust...
Solar Facilities to Face NIMBY Issues in West Virginia
By: Robert G. McLusky and Michelle Elmore Wooton Jackson Kelly, PLLC Originally appeared February 23, 2023 as a Jackson Kelly Renewable Energy Update. Solar developers in West Virginia must ensure that their proposed project location does not violate applicable...