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On June 1, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 decision, held that, without first establishing a sufficient...


Tags: Zoning, Oil and Gas, Energy, Pennsylvania

In Browne v. Artex (May 31, 2018), Ohio’s Fifth District Court of Appeals held that a claim that an oil and gas lease expired for...


Tags: Ohio, Leases, Oil and Gas, Energy,

On May 25, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a district court’s decision that Sabine Oil &...


Tags: "Oil and Gas"; Bankruptcy, gathering; midstream, Energy

On May 1, 2018, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota affirmed a Magistrate’s decision to...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Army Corps, U.S. EPA,

On April 30, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming denied a motion to stay its April 4, 2018 order staying...


Tags: Waste Prevention Rule, Bureau of Land Management, BLM, Environment

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,

On April 10th-11th, the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF) will be hosting a Special Institute on Petrochemicals in...


Tags: EMLF, Events, Marcellus, Energy,

Today, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management invited comments on a draft rule...


Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica

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,

Helping clients with their energy and environmental needs

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.