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		<title>JSHG Partner Gladstone Jones Quoted in New York Times Article on BP Oil Spill Settlement</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gladstone Jones, a founding partner of Jones, Swanson, Huddell &#38; Garrison, was quoted in a March 19th New York Times article about the proposed BP settlement and its exclusion of moratorium claims. “It is time for BP to pay these companies or it is time for the court to let me try my cases,” said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on BP Settlement and Treatment of &#8220;Moratorium Claims&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 2, 2012, BP and the Court announced a class-wide settlement in principle for two plaintiffs’ classes with regard to the BP oil spill.  Of special interest to our clients and friends is the class of plaintiffs claiming economic damages as a result of the spill.  The settlement will provide a mechanism to pay claims to businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP Settlement in Principle Promises Better Claims Process for Victims of the 2010 Oil Spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following extensive negotiation, the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) for the multi-district litigation arising out of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has reached a settlement in principle with BP that, if approved by the court, would compensate hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses. The settlement promises a more transparent and claimant-friendly process that will replace the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fracking and earthquakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to collect oil and gas. Fracking is controversial in part because of the risk associated with the high-pressure injection of toxic chemicals into the ground in proximity to groundwater. Now scientists are investigating a suspicious correlation between increased fracking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana Department of Natural Resources adopts new rules requiring companies that engage in fracking to disclose the chemicals used, and to obtain a work permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 20, 2011, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources adopted new rules with state-wide implications for the oil and gas industry. (The fracking regulation is at page 3064). The new rules require an operator to obtain a work permit before engaging in hydraulic fracturing (also known as “hydrofracking,” or simply, “fracking”), and to publicly [...]]]></description>
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