EMLF News
An occasional newsletter from the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

New Feature Added to EMLF Website

Young lawyers at EMLF Member law firms are providing a new service to EMLF website users, providing a compilation of noteworthy cases from state and federal courts, proposed rules from regulatory agencies, and other articles of interest. 

The webpage content, now located at http://www.emlf.org/Content/update.aspx, was provided by Troy Nichols and Justin Ross of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs in Lexington, KY. 

Wyatt's young lawyers will provide content for three months, and then reporting responsibilities will rotate on a quarterly basis to another EMLF law firm. 

Thanks to Troy Nichols and Justin Ross for getting this project off to a good start!

33rd Kentucky Mineral Law Conference
Registration Sells Out

With 377 people registered for the October 16-17 Mineral Law Conference in Lexington, this annual conference is breaking all attendance records.  Several people are still on a wait list in the event of cancellations.  We CANNOT accommodate the customary walk-in registrations from local attorneys and landmen, so if you do not have a confirmed registration for the program, you will not be able to attend this year.  The 33rd Mineral Law Conference handbook will be available for sale after the conference for $100.

Topics Needed for 30th Annual Institute at Hilton Head Island

The 30th Annual Institute will be May 17-19, 2009 at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort at Hilton Head Island, SC.  Program Chair is Steve Allen, Stites & Harbison, Lexington, KY; Sandy Fraley, EnerVest Operating, Charleston, WV, is Oil & Gas Chair; and Kirsten Nathanson, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, is Coal Chair.
 
We encourage you to submit suggestions for topics covering any area of energy development, oil & gas, coal mining, electric power,  environmental, landmen, or renewable energy law.  Please submit these to Sharon Daniels at emlf@aol.com no later than Friday, November 7, accompanied by descriptive paragraphs and suggestions for speakers who can make scholarly and balanced presentations AND write a publishable chapter for volume 30 of the Energy & Mineral Law Institute.

The EMLF Executive Committee meets in Lexington on November 13 to select topics and speakers.

Social activities planned for the 30th Annual Institute include a Sunday golf outing, Sunday night Oceanfront reception and dinner, Monday night reception and Dine-around at selected Hilton Head Island restaurants.