Year: 2022

​​In City of Chicago v. Fulton, the U.S. Supreme Court held that creditors do not violate the automatic bankruptcy stay when they merely retain property they took before the bankruptcy petition was filed. Now, as this decision has been legal precedent for over a year, stakeholders are beginning to learn how courts are interpreting and…

​​Many states have fallen behind when it comes to plugging abandoned oil wells. Not only can they not keep up with wells as they are abandoned, they do not even know of all of the orphaned wells within their borders. Producers themselves currently lack the economic incentives to plug the wells, even though they may…

​​In general, an insurance company has a duty to defend a policyholder when they are subject to litigation. However, as evidenced by a recent case in the Fifth Circuit, this duty is not unlimited. The policyholder must notify the insurance company of the lawsuit and specifically, request the insurance company defend them in the litigation….

​​The food industry is a tightly regulated one, as producers and manufacturers supply products that could conceivably cause harm to the people who buy them. There are times when food producers, often inadvertently, may fail to comply with regulations. These situations can lead to recalls of their products. There may be legal repercussions too, as…

​​In a decision that effected a major change to the federal government’s ability to regulate, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gasses rules. In its interpretation of a section of the Clean Air Act, the Supreme Court applied a legal principle that could impact far more government…