1/28/2026 2:27:00 PM Climate Analysis in Louisiana’s Coastal Permitting Regime: The Second Commonwealth LNG Petition By Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes Andrew Hughes In October 2025, a district court in Cameron Parish granted a challenge brought by environmental justice groups who sought to vacate a...
12/3/2025 4:13:55 PM SCOTUS Presented with Best Opportunity to Weigh In on Climate Change Litigation By Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze The United States Supreme Court is currently presented with what many believe is the best opportunity for the Court to provide...
12/2/2025 8:02:44 PM Greenwashing Hits Home: New Washington Lawsuit Alleges Climate Deception by Fossil Fuel Companies is Linked to Rising Home Insurance Premiums By Andrew Hughes Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze +1 more... Show less A newly filed class action in the Western District of Washington advances a novel theory of greenwashing liability by suggesting...
12/1/2025 8:44:11 PM DOI Issues Draft Proposed 2026-2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Sales Scheduled for Alaska, Gulf of America, and Pacific Regions By Jana Grauberger Bradford Laperouse Kathleen Doody On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) published its Notice of Availability of the 1st Analysis and Proposal of...
11/12/2025 8:53:40 PM Podcast: All’s Well that Ends in a Well: Drilling Contracts By Liskow In this episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden discuss significant legal cases affecting the energy...
11/10/2025 8:28:08 PM When “Net Zero” Meets the Courtroom: Energy Companies and the Rise of Greenwashing Litigation By Andrew Hughes Kelly Becker James Lapeze Jamie Rhymes +1 more... Show less A Landmark Ruling in Paris In late October 2025, a Paris civil court handed down a decision that could reshape how global energy...
9/5/2025 10:20:09 PM Podcast: Clearing the Air: Carbon Capture in the New Era By Liskow In this episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden are joined by LSU Law Professor, Keith Hall, to...
9/2/2025 1:03:28 PM Healthy Gulf’s Challenge to the 2024–2029 OCS Leasing Program Fails By Jana Grauberger Margaret Chavez On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the “Court” or the “Healthy Gulf Court”) issued its decision...
8/22/2025 3:56:01 PM Fifth Circuit Affirms Surety Cannot Recover from Former Offshore Lessees for Forfeited Bonds Used to Pay for Decommissioning By Chace Vienne The Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Lexon Insurance Co., Inc. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., No. 24-20347 (5th Cir. Aug. 19, 2025) (slip...
7/14/2025 4:00:04 PM Texas Supreme Court Rules Produced Water Belongs to Lessees By Jana Grauberger Sam Allen Margaret Chavez James Kittrell +1 more... Show less On June 27, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court issued yet another landmark decision: Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC....
7/2/2025 3:06:46 PM Podcast: The Mineral Lease: A Crucial Industry Tool of Land Departments and Landmen By Liskow In this episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden engage listeners with updates on mineral...
6/12/2025 2:38:26 PM Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Reviews in Long-Awaited Decision By Colin North Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s decision that vacated the Surface...