ArticleLawsuit Alleges Plant Butter Deceptively LabeledA class-action lawsuit has alleged that Upfield US Inc. deceptively labeled its "Country Crock Plant Butter" as "Made with Almond Oil" and with images of almonds...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesKeller & Heckman
ArticleOFAC Sanctions China's State-Run Oil Trader For Purchasing Iranian OilOFAC designated a Chinese state-run oil trader and its chief executive for violating U.S. sanctions by purchasing Iranian oil.United StatesInternational LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleDocument Requirements Amended For License Applications To Produce Base Oil From Waste Oil In TurkeyThe document will now be required at a later stage, during the Energy Market Regulatory Authority's Examination and Evaluation step.TurkeyEnergy and Natural ResourcesMoroglu Arseven
ArticleBreakthroughs In Oil Spill Cleanup Using BacteriaAfter the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, researchers set to work exploring different methods that could be used to clean up other spills that may occur in the future. United StatesEnvironmentGoldin Peiser & Peiser, LLP
ArticleOFAC Sanctions Cuban Oil Company For Importing Venezuelan OilOFAC designated the Cuban state-run oil import and export company pursuant to Executive Order 13850 for its continued importation of oil from Venezuela.United StatesInternational LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleCombatting Evasion: Strategies And Reporting Protocols For The Oil Price CapOn 1 February 2024, the United Kingdom and the G7+ Coalition partners, comprising the G7, the European UnionWorldwideEnergy and Natural ResourcesHarneys
ArticleWaste Diversion Groups Can Sit Uncomfortably With The Competition ActThe industry funding organizations used to provide, or to fund, waste diversion can have anti-competitive effects. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleThe Africa Oil Week Conference 2015Stuart Carter who heads up Fieldfisher's Oil and Gas Team, based in London, recently returned from the 22nd Africa Oil Week Conference where he met many of the delegates and speakers.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesFieldfisher
ArticleOil Prices: The Rollercoaster ContinuesLast week, we saw the price of oil raise when prices shot to a three-week high based upon speculation of production cuts led by Russia. It turns out that was just a small bump on the commodity price ride.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleWhen Is Gasoline Not Oil (At Least In Massachusetts)? When It's Leaded, Of CourseUnlike CERCLA, the Massachusetts Superfund law, Chapter 21E, does include oil within its ambit.United StatesEnvironmentFoley Hoag LLP
ArticleShould The NCD Levy Apply To All Payments In The Nigerian Oil And Gas Industry?The NOGICDA, enacted in 2010, governs the administration and enforcement of Nigerian content in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.NigeriaEnergy and Natural ResourcesAndersen in Nigeria
ArticleHouse Votes To Lift US Crude Oil Exports BanThe latest effort to repeal the export ban faces an uncertain future as it heads to the Senate. On October 9, the US House of Representatives voted 261-159 to lift the decades-old ban on US crude oil exports.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMorgan Lewis
ArticleLessor Beware: The Importance Of Use Restrictions In An Oil And Gas Lease Humberston v. Chevron, 75 A.3d 504 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2013)When you rent your cabin in the Poconos to a friend for a few weeks, you don’t expect the friend to build a swimming pool in the back yard while he or she is there.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleCrown Oil And Gas Leases As Intangible Personal PropertyA recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision has confirmed that a Crown oil and gas lease may be considered intangible personal property to which the Personal Property Security Act applies. CanadaEnvironmentDLA Piper
ArticleOil & Gas In Cyprus - Where Potential LiesThe development of the oil & gas sector in Cyprus continues. The recent discoveries of hydrocarbons within Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone has attracted a lot of attention internationally and has created locally a lot of optimism about the future.CyprusEnergy and Natural ResourcesDeloitte Cyprus
ArticleFill It Up – Trump Administration Uses SPR To Help Stabilize Oil PricesOn Thursday, April 2, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to lease out space for domestic oil companies to store oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesAkin
ArticleGood News: Oil Prices On The ReboundWest Texas Intermediate ("WTI") Crude closed today at $42.17 per barrel and Brent Crude closed at $44.22 per barrel according to Bloomberg Markets. The rebound reflects approximately a 4 percent gain.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleEnjoy Life Foods Achieves Palm Oil-Free CertificationHealth foods brand Enjoy Life Foods is officially the first food company to become Certified Palm Oil Free by the International Palm Oil Free ....United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBakerHostetler
ArticleCBP Issues Notice Of Finding That Certain Palm Oil And Derivative Products From Malaysia Involve Forced LaborAt that time, CBP established that reasonable evidence demonstrated that this entity harvested the fruit and produced the palm oil using forced labor.United StatesInternational LawThompson Hine LLP
ArticleFTC Eyes ConocoPhillips / Marathon Oil DealThe deal would increase oil and gas production and develop U.S. shale fields and liquefied natural gas projects, the companies say, adding "highly complementary acreage"...United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawMoginRubin