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By Michael Vennum On September 29, 2016

PA Supreme Court Invalidates More of Act 13

With the support of its recently elected justices, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in an opinion issued on September 28, 2016,...


Tags: Act 13, Supreme Court, Municipal Ordinances, Oil and Gas,

Good News for Pennsylvania Natural Gas Production
By Michael Vennum On August 1, 2016

Good News for Pennsylvania Natural Gas Production

In its 2015 Oil and Gas Annual Report, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Production reported a record 4.6 trillion...


Tags: Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas Production, DEP, Energy,

By Michael Vennum On July 27, 2016

Climate Change and Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment

In 2015, several minors living in Pennsylvania filed a climate change lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania against...


Tags: Energy, climate change; environmental rights amendment; pe, Environment

By Michael Vennum On June 28, 2016

Second Try for Post-Production Costs Prohibition

On June 27, 2016, the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee revived previously introduced legislation...


Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Minimum Royalties, Pennsylvania

By Michael Vennum On April 28, 2016

Pennsylvania Commission Approves Controversial Oil and Gas Regulations

Despite formal disapproval by Pennsylvania House and Senate Committees, the Commonwealth's Independent Regulatory Review...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Pennsylvania

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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP provides business and legal counsel to clients throughout the United States and around the world. Since its founding in 1909, our firm has grown into one of the largest law firms in the country, with nearly 375 attorneys who are located in nine offices in Ohio, Washington, D.C., Texas, Pennsylvania, California and London.

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