A newly filed collective action in Ohio federal court against an oil and gas company highlights the importance of wage-hour law...
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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,
On August 16, 2018, a federal district court judge in South Carolina issued a nationwide injunction which halts the effectiveness...
Tags: Environment
On August 6, 2018, the U.S. District Court in Wyoming upheld the vast majority of a Obama-era rule issued by the Department of...
Tags: Energy
On August 3, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated another municipal zoning decision favorable to oil and gas development....
Tags: Municipal Ordinances, Municipal Zoning, Oil and Gas, Energy,
In Browne v. Artex Oil Co., Case No. 17 CA 20, the Fifth District recently determined that an action to declare an oil and gas...
Tags: Ohio, Leases, Oil and Gas, Energy,
On June 29, 2018, USEPA issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Supplemental Notice”) to its July 2017 proposed...
Tags: Environment
On June 13, 2018, a federal district court rejected a takings challenge to a unit order issued by the Ohio Division of Oil and...
Tags: Unitization, Ohio, Pooling, Oil and Gas,
A newly filed collective action in Ohio federal court against an oil and gas company highlights the importance of wage-hour law...
Tags: Oil and Gas, wage-hour law, Energy, FLSA
On June 1, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld most of the provisions of an injunction issued by the Commonwealth Court...
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