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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to reports, British Petroleum is negotiating with U.S. officials to settle pollution citations over the 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill. Legal experts have said the company could be liable for as ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
National Geographic has recently completed a journalistic segment about a group of farmers in northwest Texas which began 2012 under circumstances past generations could only imagine. According to a ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
As of February 1, 2012, a new Texas law is in effect which requires oil and natural gas operators to publically disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells. Legal ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to an AP news report, British Petroleum has asked the federal judge overseeing litigation resulting from the 2010 oil spill to prevent two plaintiff expert witnesses from testifying about ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
In January of 2012, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued a notice to multiple groups in the Texas Sabine River Basin. Sources say these groups were told that their rights to the ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to many recent reports, the northeastern United States is expected to lose half of its regional fuel production capability following financial troubles which have pushed the refineries to a ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to reports, Texas USAA home and condo insurance policyholders are facing the third rate increase in the past 12 months. Reportedly, the San Antonio based company has announced it plans to ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to reports, a jury in La Grange has awarded the family of Robbie Middleton more than $150 billion in damages. Sources say the verdict is the largest in a personal injury case in U.S. ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to reports, President Barack Obama and Congress will face an important decision in the first months of the New Year. Sources say that the oil and gas industry has begun to push for the ...
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Posted on Jan 6, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to reports, west Texas has recorded its third earthquake in less than a month. The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a 3.2 magnitude earthquake on December 18, 2011 at 9 a.m. Reportedly, ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On Tuesday afternoon, several explosions heard from the natural gas and liquids plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas, were followed by flames which could be seen from downtown Houston. Local media reported ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2011 By admin in Whistleblowers Act, lawyer
According to reports, a lawsuit filed in Dallas, Texas against one of the nation’s biggest hospice companies highlights how Medicare’s payment methods can offer unintended financial ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By admin in Fracking
According to a recent report, Rep. Joe Barton and Sen. John Cornyn were the top recipients of campaign contributions from companies involved in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2011 By admin in Insurance Claims
According to reports, conditions in the state of Texas have been extremely conducive to wildfires for the past year. Further, officials say there appears to be no end in sight. Currently, authorities ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By admin in Death
According to reports, in what some say could be the first step toward a massive federal lawsuit, 83 people who consist of victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage and the family members of those ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By admin in Pipeline Regulation
According to a state auditor’s report, the Texas Railroad Commission inspected only 65 percent of the highest-priority pipelines last year. Reportedly, the pipelines received the high-priority ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Ben Licas
According to reports, the maker of the world's bestselling diabetes drug, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., is facing hundreds of lawsuits as suspicion grows that taking the pill for more than a ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2011 By Pedestrial Accident Attorney
On November 2, 2011, Houston police say a teenager was hit and killed by a pickup truck as she rode a bike in north Houston. Reportedly, the girl was riding a bicycle in the 1000 block of Greens Road. ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By admin in Fracking
According to recent reports, the United States Government is on its way to imposing new mandates on natural gas wells located on public lands. U.S. officials say they will be rewriting badly outdated ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
On November 2, 2011, Houston authorities say the driver of a sport utility vehicle lost control of his SUV and slammed into a northwest Houston freeway guardrail. Reportedly, the crash happened at the ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
Reportedly, a Houston area law maker has recently called for an investigation of State Farm Insurance after homeowners have alleged through a lawsuit that the insurer wrongfully denied more than ...
Continue reading "Houston Law Maker Calls for Investigation of State Farm's Handling of Ike Claims" »
Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
According to reports, a bill which tightens federal safety regulations over oil and gas pipelines passed through the senate on October 17, 2011. However, sources say the bill was allowed to proceed ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2011 By Insurance Claim Attorney
According to reports, during 2011 Texas wildfires burned thousands of miles of fencing, over 1,500 heads of livestock, and sections of pasture nearly twice as long as Delaware. Sources say the states ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On September 26, 2011, the city of Port Arthur, Texas hosted a state public hearing to discuss Key Stone XL which is a project to create a crude pipeline system which stretches from Canada to Texas. ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Work Injury Attorney
Several companies involved with the use of chemical dispersants known as Corexit have been denied their motion for immunity from potentially thousands of personal injury lawsuits stemming from the use ...
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