11/26/2025 6:06:11 PM Fifth Circuit Rules Contract to Repair Offshore Oil & Gas Platform Not a Maritime Contract By Nicolette Kraska Alexander Baynham In another recent decision, Genesis Energy, L.P. v. Danos, L.L.C., 152 F.4th 648 (5th Cir. 2025), the United States Fifth Circuit Court...
10/14/2025 11:01:33 PM Government Shutdown and BOEM, BSEE and ONRR Contingency Plans By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody Due to the government shutdown, which began on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the...
8/14/2025 2:14:14 PM La. Department of Revenue Addresses Changes to Contractor Exemptions for PILOT Agreements By Caroline Lafourcade Bob Angelico Kevin Naccari The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) recently issued Louisiana Revenue Information Bulletin No. 25-022, 08/08/2025, announcing...
7/7/2025 10:36:50 PM One Big Beautiful Bill Imposes an AGI Floor on Charitable Contributions Deductions By Caroline Lafourcade Bob Angelico John Rouchell Kevin Naccari Leon Rittenberg III +2 more... Show less On July 4, 2025, the President of the United States signed the One Big Beautiful Bill (the “Bill”), which included significant taxing and...
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...
6/6/2025 4:13:31 PM SCOTUS Holds That Excluding Catholic Charities From Religious Unemployment Tax Exemption Violates First Amendment By Caroline Lafourcade Kevin Naccari Leon Rittenberg III On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution...
5/5/2025 7:30:38 PM DOI to Overhaul BOEM’s 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance Regulations for Offshore Leases and Grants By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody On Friday, May 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its intent to revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy...
5/26/2023 9:34:57 PM The Liskow Legislative Minute – Week 7 By Neil Abramson Jeff Lieberman Only one CCS bill remains active and it moves closer to becoming law. Six of the nine House CCS bills were effectively killed in...
10/12/2022 8:13:19 PM Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico By Jana Grauberger Over the past year, the U.S. Department of Interior has taken several important steps toward making wind energy development a reality in...
9/22/2022 2:02:16 PM The Western District of Louisiana Holds that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Shipper Must Have Title Policy Creates No Private Right of Action By Michael Ishee April Rolen-Ogden In a unique twist on a common challenge to the deductibility of post-production expenses, plaintiffs in Grayson L.L.C. (Of Louisiana), et...
8/1/2022 6:31:50 PM BOEM Overview of Proposed Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Areas and Draft Environmental Assessment By Cristian Soler Kathleen Doody The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its third Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on...
7/1/2021 7:40:06 PM New Developments in Shocking Case Before the Texas Supreme Court Regarding Construction of Novel Oil & Gas Royalty Term By Liskow Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. v. Sheppard is a royalty dispute between several lessees, Devon Energy Production Co., L.P., et....