On air: A Baton Rouge attorney has launched a new podcast to offer insight into the legal avenues of mediation, arbitration and negotiation. The Mediation Minute by Rebecca Wisbar will feature interviews with legal experts on alternative dispute resolution and is available through iTunes or most podcast smartphone apps. “As a podcast, The Mediation Minute is available at listeners’ convenience, whether in their car or on a walk,” Wisbar says in a statement. “It’s an easily accessible and efficient way to obtain quality content.” Wisbar, a founding member of Akers & Wisbar, LLC, graduated from LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1986. The podcast is available via iTunes, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Get complete details.
Expanding exporting: Sempra Energy’s liquefied natural gas facility in Cameron Parish has received authorization from the federal Department of Energy to export an extra 1.41 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from its expansion project to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with the U.S. The San Diego-based Fortune 500 company that operates Cameron LNG says in a news release that will push its export capacity at the facility to 3.53 billion cubic feet per day. Construction on the $10 billion first phase of the facility is underway. Company officials say they hope to open in 2018, with full operations commencing the following year. Read the full news release.
Alleged unfair practices: Blackballing, kickbacks and “pay for play” schemes are some of the ways 12 regional trucking and construction companies have described the employment experience for contractors working on local Sasol projects, The American Press reports. According to a petition filed by the group on June 8 in 14th District Judicial Court, the companies are seeking damages and injunctive relief as a result of “unfair trade practices” by Sasol and Kent Materials, a trucking company. The companies claim ranging from $105,000 to $1.7 million. The petition claims that dump truck operators from Mossville and Westlake committed their equipment to the project based on verbal agreements. The American Press has the full story.
