Super Lawyers Honors 25 GableGotwals Attorneys
Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
BPX, Zurich American, and others sued Cameron International Corporation in Oklahoma state court for more than $65 million in connection with work that Cameron performed on an oil and gas well in DeWitt County, Texas. Cameron removed the case to federal court, even though Cameron and BPX were both citizens of Texas, claiming that BPX had been fraudulently joined as a plaintiff in an improper attempt to destroy diversity jurisdiction. BPX and Zurich American filed a Motion to Remand arguing, among other things, that the doctrine of fraudulent joinder did not apply to plaintiffs like BPX and Zurich American. The Honorable Charles B. Goodwin of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma agreed with BPX and Zurich American, noting the “pragmatic reasons to limit application of the fraudulent joinder doctrine to defendants and the absence of Tenth Circuit authority concluding that extension of the doctrine to plaintiffs is appropriate.” Therefore, Judge Goodwin concluded that federal jurisdiction did not exist and remanded the lawsuit back to Oklahoma state court.
Congratulations to BPX Operating Company and Zurich American Insurance Company for their successful Motion to Remand. BPX and Zurich American are represented by John Sullivan, Rob Robertson, and Brian Tully.
GableGotwals is pleased to announce new associates have joined the Firm in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
Texas recently passed legislation creating a Business Court system to hear certain disputes between or among businesses and their owners or controlling persons and management regarding breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, and the like.
Congratulations to the GableGotwals’ attorneys recently recognized in the 2023 Top Attorneys guide by 405 Magazine. This is the Firm’s fourth consecutive year to appear in the review, and nineteen attorneys were highlighted in 11 practice areas.
GableGotwals advised ONE Gas, Inc. (“ONE Gas”), one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States, in connection with the establishment of its at-the-market equity program to sell up to an aggregate sales price of $250,000,000 of shares of ONE Gas’ common stock over time, either through sales agents or forward counterparties.
This Alert addresses what this means for energy infrastructure in and around “wetlands.”