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The Fundamentals of Easement Valuation

* The following blog is an adaptation of the presentation Alan Ackerman and Matthew Ackerman gave on “The Fundamentals of Easement Valuation” at the American Law Institute’s Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Seminar...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Zoning and Development Newsletter - July 2023

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Sullivan's Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and Litigation Department have released the second issue of their Zoning and Development Newsletter. The publication aims to provide our firm's clients and others interested...more

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[Webinar] Renewable Energy Series: Site Control Issues and Real Estate Diligence for Renewable Energy Projects - June 6th, 11:00...

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Developing successful renewable energy projects begin with selecting the right project site. Securing site control using well drafted real estate contracts and conducting thorough real estate diligence can help identify...more

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[Webinar] Renewable Energy Series: Environmental Considerations When Siting and Permitting Renewable Energy Projects - May 3rd,...

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Siting and permitting renewable energy projects in Virginia have become increasingly challenging as federal and state environmental laws, regulations and guidance have evolved in recent years. In particular, HB 206...more

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[Webinar] Environmental Considerations When Acquiring or Permitting Utility-Scale Solar Projects in Virginia - April 14th, 11:00...

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Conducting environmental due diligence and considering a project’s impact on the environment are essential in acquiring or permitting utility-scale solar projects in Virginia. This was underscored by the Virginia Department...more

King & Spalding

Acquiring and Defending Carbon Storage Rights

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Carbon Capture and Sequestration (“CCS”), one form of which is known as Direct Air Capture, captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from man-made sources before CO2 is released into the atmosphere. The captured CO2 is then injected...more

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New Mexico’s Oil & Gas Industry Faces Opposition With Potential Ban On Freshwater Use

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It appears that New Mexico’s state government is continuing to move in the direction of environmentalists and away from oil and gas operators. However, New Mexico enjoys significant revenue from the production of oil and gas,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2020

FERC: No Rehearing on Potomac Pipeline - "A federal commission this week turned down a request to rehear its approval for a proposed natural-gas pipeline under the Potomac River." Why this is important: In 2018, the Federal...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

7th Circuit Rules Cable Systems May Use Existing Electric Utility Easements Over Landowner's Objection

Cable operators seeking access to existing utility easements on private property recently received some good news. ...more

Jackson Walker

Texas Supreme Court Reaffirms Validity and Scope of General Easements

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Friday, February 28th, in Southwestern Electric Power Company v. Lynch et al., the Texas Supreme Court decided a hotly contested case regarding the interpretation of “general easements.” In Texas, the term “general easement”...more

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[Webinar] Real Estate Trends and Issues in Solar Leasing and Property Purchase - January 29th, 11:00 am ET

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Developing a successful solar project begins with selecting the right project site and identifying real estate issues and risks during diligence. Having well drafted real estate contracts and conducting detailed real estate...more

Gray Reed

Can Emails Establish an Easement in Texas?

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Email is the way we communicate these days. Whether emails create a contract is important if you’re thinking nothing short of a dead tree could ever bind anybody or, to the contrary, your goal is to establish an enforceable...more

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Court Declines to Vacate Environmental Assessment of Dakota Access Pipeline, Permitting Oil to Flow during Remand

On October 11, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia declined to vacate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (“Corps”) Environmental Assessment (“EA”) of the Dakota Access Pipeline while the agency...more

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Texas Subsurface Trespass Law Clarified

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We know that in Texas the mineral owner has the right to explore for and produce the minerals. What does that leave for the surface owner? In Lightning Oil Company v. Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC the Texas Supreme Court tells us...more

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Compressor Station Negligent Nuisance Verdict Reversed

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Therapist: “We’re here today in group to bring closure to the traumatic events of Crosstex North Texas Pipeline L.P. v. Gardiner. Each side claims mistreatment by his adversary and by one component or another of the civil...more

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Easements: Roads Traveled, Less Traveled, and Not Traveled

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Why would anyone buy property without access to a public road? Because it seemed like a good idea at the time, I guess. And often it is, until things change, “things” often being new and unfriendly ownership of the...more

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