The Privy Council’s recent judgment in NH International (Caribbean) Limited v National Insurance Property Development Company Limited (Trinidad and Tobago) provides a rare example of a common law court interpreting specific clauses in a FIDIC construction contract and addressing issues of termination and rights to counter-claim or set-off. Read more
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In recent years Kuwait and Dubai have replaced and introduced new public private partnership laws directed at the development of essential infrastructure assets and services. This article explores key concepts in these laws, including their similarities and differences.Read more
State Attorneys General Investigations and Enforcement: What to Expect in 2016 In recent years, state Attorneys General (“state AGs”) have significantly increased their investigative and enforcement... Read more
PHMSA has stepped up enforcement efforts concerning pipeline and LNG terminal construction. Increased scrutiny by regulators and the DOJ warrant increased vigilance. Read more
A federal appeals court recently entered an opinion interpreting “the most litigated provision” in the standard-form title-insurance policy, Exclusion 3(a), which provides that liens that are “created, suffered, assumed or agreed to” by the insured lender will not be covered under the title policy.Read more
The Texas Supreme Court recently decided a case involving the enforceability of “no damages for delay” clauses that could have significant impacts on energy disputes. Read more
Project owners and financiers are increasingly turning to delay in startup insurance to protect themselves from the financial consequences of delays in completion of large new construction projects, particularly for projects that are financed on a nonrecourse or limited recourse basis.Read more
A recent ruling in Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, one of three lawsuits filed in the United States related to the 2011 incident at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant, highlights gaps in the application of methods for managing nuclear liability and the need for global expansion and strengthening of those methods.Read more
Scott A. Greer, a partner in King & Spalding’s Global Transactions Practice Group, describes the firm’s construction practice and his role.Read more
The Petroleum Economist Awards were adjudicated by a panel of independent experts drawn from across the international energy industry and included: Abdullah Salem El Badri, Secretary General, OPEC; Lord Cullen of Whitekirk, KT; Torstein Indrebø, Secretary General, International Gas Union; and Lord John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, former Chief Executive, BP. Read more