Tesla Motors: Direct Sales Method Inhibits Success in North Carolina October 9, 2013 Jana Benson, J.D./C.L. 2015, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University I. Who is Tesla Motors? Tesla Motors was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers that was determined to transition the world into electric mobility Read more…
Imprescriptible Mineral Servitudes in Louisiana: Problematic from the Start September 11, 2013 Hayne Beatrous Caliva, J.D./C.L. 2013, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. I. INTRODUCTION Under Louisiana law a landowner’s title and ownership of immovable property necessarily extends to solid minerals, because they are treated as component parts Read more…
Remediation Damages after State v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Company May 13, 2013 Ross Roubion, J.D./C.L. 2014, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. Production Editor of the LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources, Volume II. Introduction In January, the Louisiana Supreme Court held in State v. Louisiana Land & Read more…
Chinese Patent Innovation and Competition Under the America Invents Act—A Whole New World of Prior Art March 28, 2013 Jessica C. Engler, J.D./C.L. 2013, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. Managing Editor of the LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources. When it comes to foreign manufacturing and development, Read more…
Legacy Reform Limits Liability March 7, 2013 Jessica Allain, J.D./C.L. 2013, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. Jessica will join the firm of Allen & Gooch in the fall of 2013. With a history of extensive claims and monetary awards never being used to actually remediate property, the state has Read more…
Remedies Of Unleased Mineral Owners For Nonperformance Of Obligations By Unit Operators February 21, 2013 Andrew Heacock, J.D./C.L. 2014, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University In the ongoing case of Adams v. Chesapeake Operating[1], the United States Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted a partial motion for Read more…
Indiana’s Mandatory Disclosure Rule February 7, 2013 –Professor Keith B. Hall, B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University; J.D., Loyola University School of Law. Professor Hall was a member of the firm Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann before joining the LSU Law Faculty as Assistant Professor and Director of the Mineral Read more…
In Sackett’s Wake: Ensuring the Viability of EPA’s System of Voluntary Compliance after Sackett v. US EPA January 23, 2013 -John Simmons, J.D./C.L. 2013, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University The most important administrative law decision since Chevron v. Natural Resource Defense Counsel[1] or business as usual? That is the question Read more…
Transboundary Agreement Hinges on the Core of International Environmental Law October 25, 2012 –Meaghan Anderson, J.D./C.L. 2013, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. Meaghan was the Deepwater Land Intern for Chevron U.S.A. in 2012 and will be a Gulf of Mexico Land Representative for Chevron U.S.A. in August 2013. Read more…
Surety Bonds Provide Vital Protection to Utility Companies September 26, 2012 –Danielle Rodabaugh, chief editor of the Surety Bond Insider, a publication that tracks developments within the surety industry. As a part of the publication’s educational outreach program, Danielle provides information to help leading industry professionals better understand surety bond intricacies. Read more…