The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

By Joanna Nelson : Preston Exploration Co., L.P. v. GSF , L.L.C., Cause No. 10-20599, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 1873 (5th Cir. Tex. Feb. 1, 2012) The Fifth Circuit recently vacated a judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, holding that the lower court had improperly conflated “two distinct principles – whether parties come to a meeting of the minds as to the subject matter of a contract with whether a writing’s legal description is sufficient to meet the statute of

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

by Shelley Welton, Deputy Director & Fellow. As I blogged about last October, the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is currently undergoing its 2012 program review. This review will look at many aspects of the program’s design and functioning, with the aim of determining whether major reforms are necessary after several years of learning from the current design.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

By James T. Kittrell The Texas Court of Appeals for the Eleventh District of Eastland has recently held that a seller of an oil and gas property may be held to the terms of a forged purchase agreement if the seller properly signs an assignment that specifically incorporates the terms of the forged document. Raven Resources, LLC v. Legacy Reserves Operating, LP, No. 11-09-00348-CV, 2012 Tex.

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