The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Factual Background In July of 2008, nearly 300,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Mississippi River in New Orleans when a tugboat towing an oil-filled barge veered across the river into the path of an ocean-going tanker. Case: United States v. American Commercial Lines, L.L.C. , 16-31150, F.3d 3d (5th Cir. 2704(a).

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2008

06-31238, 2008 WL 588745 (5th Cir. 2008), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss a qui tam action brought under the Federal Claims Act (FCA). He alleged that the defendants then received the benefit of continuing operations under a federal contract, the federal oil and gas lease.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) ’s Regional Ocean Partnership Act ( S.1894 Regional Ocean Partnerships bring together the federal government and state, local and tribal governments and other stakeholders to address ocean and coastal issues. This is first list of Birds of Conservation Concern released since 2008.

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