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Texas Justices Keep Noble on the Hook for the $63 million Indemnity
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to revisit its decision that Noble Energy Inc. has to indemnify ConocoPhillips in connection with the $63 million in environmental cleanup costs despite arguments that Noble’s predecessor wasn’t properly told about the indemnity agreement.
AttorneysRichard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.
YearDecember 15, 2017
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EPA Finds Dioxin Exposed at Superfund Site after Storm, Orders Tests
Cancer causing dioxins leached from a Superfund site along a Texas river during Hurricane Harvey flood, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said, triggered calls for the toxic wastes to be permanently moved.
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EPA Finds Damage at Superfund Site from Hurricane Harvey
The EPA confirmed the fears of citizens that Hurricane Harvey flooding spawned a leak in one of the most dangerous and vulnerable of Houston’s Superfund sites — the San Jacinto Waste Pits.
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EPA statement
Statement of EPA concerning Superfund site at San Jacinto waste pits
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With Billions at stake in VW case, state and counties at odds
Volkswagen faces billions of dollars in fine in Texas for its admitted cheating on emissions tests, but the potential payday is being held up as the state Attorney General and county officials fight in court over which government agencies will get to claim a share of the proceeds from the German auto giant.
AttorneysRichard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.
YearJuly 7, 2017
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Texas Justices Say Noble Can’t ditch $63M Cleanup Indemnity
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday held Noble Energy Inc. must indemnify ConocoPhillips for $63 million in environmental cleanup costs under an indemnity agreement that wasn’t disclosed when Noble’s predecessor bought oil and gas assets during a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Richard Mithoff was lead attorney for ConocoPhillips
AttorneysRichard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.
YearJune 26, 2017
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Endowment Fund for Veterans Honors Memory of legendary Lawyer, Marine
A legal aid endowment fund for Texas veterans has been established to honor the legacy of Texas trial lawyer Joe Jamail. The Joe Jamail Endowment for Veterans Legal Services was established by Jamail’s longtime friend and one-time employee Richard Mithoff.