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In EOG Resources, Inc. v. Lucky Land Mgmt., LLC,[1] the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted a stay of...


Tags: Reasonable Use of Surface, Preliminary Injunction, Severed Mineral Interest

Senate Bill 94, which promises to modernize (and standardize) how county records are preserved and made available to the public,...


Tags: Recorder, E-Recording

The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that “[w]hen the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the...


Tags: SEC, U.S. Supreme Court, Security Fraud

Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals recently addressed whether a trial court abused its discretion by refusing to admit...


Tags: Injection Well, Ohio Oil and Gas Commission, Appeal of Chief's Order

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued alandmark decisioninLoper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo...


Tags: SCOTUS, USEPA, U.S. Supreme Court

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a final decision in Ohio v. EPA and granted the stay of a USEPA plan designed to...


Tags: Clean Air Act, Ohio, EPA, U.S. Supreme Court

Last week, in Cardinal Minerals, LLC v. Miller, 2024-Ohio-2133, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals held that the appellant,...


Tags: DMA, Champerty and Maintenance, Affidavit of Abandonment, Mineral Buyer

Yesterday, in a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the decision of the Seventh District Court of Appeals in Tera,...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Oil and Gas Leases, Subsurface Mineral Trespass, Point Pleasant,

April 2024 WOTUS Litigation Update

The revision of the rule defining “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”; the “Post-Sackett Rule”) has not resolved the...


Tags: Isolated Wetlands, WOTUS, Clean Water Act, USEPA,

On Friday, April 19, 2024, USEPA announced it will publish a final rule designating PFOS and PFOA as CERCLA hazardous substances...


Tags: CERCLA, PFAS, USEPA

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You can expect to find news and breaking legal developments involving the crude oil and natural gas industries, alternative and renewable energy resources, and the latest environmental issues.