Coauthor Gunner West *
“Every unnecessary law helps fashion the noose we will ultimately be hung by.”
― A.E. Samaan

If you deny the administrative state’s need to dominate the most mundane aspects of your everyday life, consider Louisiana, et al v. U.S. Department of Energy. It’s more gradual than the noose but just as


Like breaking into CIA headquarters, sneaking into the Vatican, or hanging off the side of the Burj Khalifa, sometimes getting the deal done seems impossible. The key to any successful mission is planning for disastrous contingencies—be they rats in an air duct, malfunctioning suction gloves, or having to reach out to a third party to finance the bid you just won. Your mission—should you choose to accept it—is to learn how to avoid the fallout of an oil and gas acquisition gone bad by studying 