Crude oil prices are now approaching what pundits believe is likely to be the bottom phase in the current market cycle. Due to the price downturn, the arbitrage window that drives a substantial portion of crude-by-rail...more
Recently, industry won a major legal victory regarding liability—or lack thereof—for unintentional and indirect bird deaths under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). Unfortunately, that victory could be short lived,...more
10/1/2015
/ Bird Fatalities ,
Cell Towers ,
Citgo ,
Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Liability ,
Hunting ,
Industrial Action ,
Logging ,
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Transmission Lines ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service ,
Wastewater ,
Wind Farm
A recent state-law challenge by environmental groups to an aspect of crude-by-rail transportation has teed up the question of federal supremacy over railroad regulation. Because federal law generally preempts state regulation...more