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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
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
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio recently addressed whether a mineral owner could assert a...
In J&R Passmore, LLC v. Rice Drilling D, LLC, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied the...
The Seventh District Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment against two lessors asserting claims of bad faith...
Last month, in State ex rel. AWMS Waters Solutions, LLC v. Mertz, the Eleventh Appellate District held that AWMS had failed to...
Tags: Injection Well, Just Compensation Clause, Fifth Amendment
The Ohio Tax Commissioner recently issued a memorandum to county auditors regarding significant changes to the taxation of oil...
Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Tax
On Monday, May 23, U.S. EPA released a draft of its final Environmental Justice Strategic Plan for the Years 2016-2020, which is...
In December, we wrote about the pros and cons of using independent contractors in the oil and gas industry. We wanted to provide...
Tags: Energy
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