4/7/2026 10:08:37 PM Coming Full Circle: DOI to Combine BOEM and BSEE into New Agency, the Marine Minerals Administration By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody Bradford Laperouse On April 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its plan to combine and absorb the functions of the Bureau of Ocean...
4/6/2026 9:14:07 PM Endangered Species Committee Issues Order Exempting Gulf Oil and Gas Activities from Endangered Species Act Requirements By Jana Grauberger Emily von Qualen Margaret Chavez On March 31, 2026, for the first time in the 53 years since the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") became law, the Endangered Species...
3/19/2026 2:30:07 PM Texas Supreme Court Issues Its First Opinion Finding Rebuttal of the Van Dyke Presumption By Jana Grauberger James Kittrell Sam Allen Margaret Chavez +1 more... Show less On March 13, 2026, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Clifton v. Johnson, marking the first instance in which the Court found...
3/11/2026 7:35:38 PM BOEM Proposed Rule Includes Significant Changes to 2024 Financial Assurance Regulations By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody Margaret Chavez On Monday, March 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Interior ("DOI"), acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's ("BOEM"),...
3/3/2026 10:29:36 PM BOEM Takes Next Step Toward Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Offshore California By Bradford Laperouse Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody On February 27, 2026, the Bureau of Ocean Energy ("BOEM") published its Notice of Intent (the “NOI”) to prepare a programmatic...
2/19/2026 10:44:40 PM AI Communications Are Not Privileged: What United States v. Heppner Means for the Defense Bar and Corporate Clients By Michael Mims In a significant decision rendered this week, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York held that written exchanges...
1/29/2026 9:53:41 PM Data Centers Are the New Industrial Neighbors: Managing Risk of Nuisance and Environmental Litigation By Michael Mims Earlier this week, the New Orleans City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers while the city revisits how (and...
1/28/2026 7:06:03 PM DOJ Issues Final Rule Eliminating Disparate Impact from its Title VI Enforcement Regulations By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued a final rule amending its regulations implementing Title VI of the...
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...
1/23/2026 5:16:57 PM D.C. Circuit Rejects EPA’s Bid to Partially Vacate PFAS Drinking Water Rule By Michael Mims Emily von Qualen On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied EPA’s request to partially vacate portions of its...
1/22/2026 2:10:32 PM LDEQ Finalizes Regulations Amending the State's Voluntary Environmental Self-Audit Program By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On January 20, 2026, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) published a final rule in the Louisiana Register that...
1/16/2026 10:25:07 PM Maximizing OBBBA Bonus Depreciation in Producing Oil and Gas Property Acquisitions By John Bradford On January 16, 2026, Liskow tax attorneys published a blog regarding IRS Notice 2026 - 11, which provides guidance on the implementation...
1/14/2026 11:18:00 AM Three CCS Bills Prefiled for 2026 Louisiana Regular Session By Neil Abramson Jeff Lieberman Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Johnson filed three CCS bills on January 12, which was the first day to prefile legislation for the Louisiana...
12/22/2025 4:28:46 PM EPA Issues "Compliance First" Memorandum, Shifting Enforcement Approach By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On December 5, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a...
12/19/2025 5:55:39 PM EPA Guidance Reinforces That PFAS Should Be Considered in Phase I Environmental Assessments By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu In December 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") clarified that recipients of pending Brownfield grants must...
12/15/2025 7:59:30 PM Suncor Is Justices' Chance To Rule On Climate Nuisance Suits By Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze The U.S. Supreme Court is currently presented with what many believe is its best opportunity to provide sorely needed guidance in the...