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Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held once again that fee oil and gas interests are subject to possible...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act,

Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals was recently asked to analyze whether a fee oil and gas reservation can be extinguished...


Tags: OMTA, 'Utica Shale', Ohio, MTA,

Court of Appeals Addresses the Amount of Diligence Required under the 2006 DMA

Earlier this week, Ohio's 7th District Court of Appeals again addressed the amount of diligence required to identify the holders...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio Dormant Mineral Act, Ohio, "2006 DMA",

Yesterday, September 25, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued the decision of Dundics v. Eric Petroleum Corporation,...


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Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, employees who are covered by the Act’s overtime provisions must receive overtime pay...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Marcellus Shale, Fair Labor Standards Act, Oil and Gas,

The Supreme Court of Ohio held last week that a proposed voter initiative creating a Community Bill of Rights for the City of...


Tags: Community Bill of Rights, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy,

Supreme Court of Ohio Rules Youngstown Anti-Fracking Measure Must Be Placed on the May 2018 Ballot

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled yesterday that the Mahoning County Board of Elections must place a proposed city charter...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Hydraulic Fracturing, Ohio, Water,

Recently, in Shilts v. Beardmore (2018-Ohio-863), the Seventh District Court of Appeals analyzed whether a surface owner complied...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, "2006 DMA", Dormant Mineral Act,

On February 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio announced that it has accepted an appeal of Blackstone v. Moore (2017-Ohio-1639). 


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, MTA,

In Talbot v. Ward (2017-Ohio-9213), Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals found the Duhig rule “persuasive” in interpreting a...


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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.