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On August 30, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a district court’s decision striking down a...
Tags: West Virginia, UIC, WV, Injection Well,
On August 24, 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia granted summary judgment to...
Tags: Post-Production Costs, West Virginia, Royalties, WV,
On August 14th, 2017, the U.S. EPA issued new guidance for the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) Nanoscale Rule regulating...
Tags: Toxic Substances Control Act, The Nanoscale Rule, U.S. EPA, Environment
On July 7, 2017, Governor Kasich signed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), which addresses Ohio’s authority under several environmental...
Tags: Solid Waste, Water, Environment
On June 16, 2017, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals issued its decision in Paulus v. Beck Energy Corp. 2017-Ohio-5716,...
Tags: Ohio, Royalties, Paying Quantities, "Oil and Gas Lease",
This post provides an important update to our April 20, 2017 post regarding U.S. EPA's reconsideration of its rule regulating...
Tags: NSPS, Oil and Gas Regulations, Methane Emissions, Energy,
Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently interpreted a statutory exception to “marketable record title” under Ohio’s...
Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, MTA, Oil and Gas,
In Davis v. Consolidation Coal Company, 2017-Ohio-5703, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals held that a recorded release of...
Tags: Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act, DMA, Oil and Gas,
On June 15, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued notice that it was postponing compliance date for certain sections...
Tags: Oil and Gas Regulations, BLM, Energy, Environment
On June 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its decision in Bohlen v. Anadarko. We summarized the facts of this case in our
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica
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