This Alert summarizes what practitioners have observed in litigating before the Texas Business Court, explains why its opinions matter, and reviews some of the key holdings from the court's most significant decisions to date.
This Alert summarizes the proposals that will impact most public companies.
Despite two years of political and regulatory turbulence, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) Subparts OOOOb/c remain in effect and are the dominant framework for regulating methane and volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emissions in parts of the oil and gas sector.
One of the key lessons in Fasken Oil, as in all of the Texas Supreme Court’s royalty opinions, is that producers and royalty owners should strive to ensure that their royalty agreements plainly say exactly what they intend for them to mean.
The Department of Justice has renamed its Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) the Energy and Natural Resources Division. The rename is not just a branding exercise. It aligns DOJ’s environmental and natural resources litigation shop with the Administration’s broader energy program.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how companies operate, but with that transformation comes increasing legal scrutiny, regulatory complexity, and operational risk.
For energy companies, developers, and investors, success in 2026 will depend not only on understanding the rules, but on strategically navigating a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.
Cybersecurity and privacy are no longer back-office concerns for the energy sector; they are front-line legal and operational risks.
