In a recent decision, Harper v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Dist., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a qui tam...
Tags: FCA, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas, Energy,
On November 2nd, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its decision in Lutz v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. In its opinion, the Court...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy
In Sunoco Pipeline L.P. v. Teter, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals rejected a landowner challenge to Sunoco’s acquisition...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy
On October 17, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management released a Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Internet-Based Lease Sale for...
Tags: Energy, Environment
On Saturday, October 8, 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection enacted its new regulations covering...
Tags: Unconventional Well Pad Development, Chapter 78a, Oil and Gas Regulations, DEP,
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,
On September 22, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) as an...
Tags: Endangered Species, Energy, Environment
On September 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a number of decisions concerning the application of the Ohio Dormant...
On September 1st, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) released production totals for the second quarter of 2016. The...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Production
On August 24, 2016, U.S. EPA proposed revisions to the rules governing the petition process for Title V permits under 40 CFR Part...
Tags: Clean Air Act, Energy, Environment, Title V