- Firm scores large victory for a worldwide energy provider client in Arceneaux v. Syngenta et. al.
A wrongful death suit involved negligence and intentional tort claims brought by the client’s former employee who sustained a single workplace accident against multiple defendants, which allegedly caused the plaintiff to contract terminal lung cancer. The matter was actually referred and transferred by the client to McGlinchey from another firm after the Court originally denied our client’s summary judgment.More
- In re Entergy New Orleans, Inc. (Bankr. E.D. La.)
Post Hurricane Katrina Chapter 11 of New Orleans’ electrical gas utility company, co-counsel for the bond insurer.
- Legacy Oilfield Cleanup Litigation
Defended numerous oil and gas operators from claims alleging historical non-hazardous Oilfield Waste (NOW) and Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) contamination of property at or adjacent to oilfield sites allegedly arising out of oil and gas production.
- In re Forcenergy Inc. (Bankr. E.D. La.)
A large independent Gulf of Mexico-based oil and gas exploration and development company bankruptcy, representation of the largest holders of publicly-traded bonds.
- Knowing the Intricacies of State Law Made the Difference in Obtaining Dismissal of a Disability Discrimination Charge
Where we started: Our client, a national chemical manufacturing company, had an employee with multiple and recurring performance issues. He also had a complicated medical history which included episodes of mental illness. Though these incidents required absence from work for medical treatment, his physician routinely released him to resume work without any limitations. After theMore
- Timing Is Key: Recognizing How and When to Seize Opportunities and Enter a Market and How and When to Sell Assets and Exit a Market
Where we started: One of our clients, a prominent investor in the offshore oil and gas industries, had acquired two accommodation vessels. These crafts moor next to rigs or platforms and serve as floating hotels for offshore workers, meeting an essential need in the production of energy. One of the largest and most prominent New York-basedMore
- Careful Investigation, Cooperation with Regulators, and Finding the Real Guilty Party Clears Client from Government Action in HAZMAT Probe – At No Cost
Where we started: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Ohio EPA brought allegations that our client, a large military defense contractor, illegally disposed of hazardous waste material in a residential area in Ohio. After these agencies notified the contractor’s legal department and management team of an impending enforcement action, theyMore
- Getting Royalty Interests Right: Appeal Preserves Longstanding Industry Interpretations of Mineral Interests
Where we started: Our client, a global petrochemical company, was the holder of an overriding royalty interest (ORRI) valued at hundreds of millions of dollars on an oil field on the outer continental shelf adjacent to Louisiana. After years of litigation, a federal district court held that the mineral instruments creating the ORRI did notMore
