On Tuesday, August 16th, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Tribett v. Shepherd, a case involving the 1989...
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On August 9, 2016, Governor Kasich signed Executive Order 2016-04K authorizing the immediate adoption of rules creating an...
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Recently, Ohio’s Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (Division) has issued several unitization orders that include ...
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In July, the State of North Dakota filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging U.S. EPA’s final rule...
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In its 2015 Oil and Gas Annual Report, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Production reported a record 4.6 trillion...
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In 2015, several minors living in Pennsylvania filed a climate change lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania against...
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In a recent decision, Miller v. Cloud (July 22, 2016), Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals concluded that an estate intended...
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On June 28, 2016, Ohio Governor Kasich signed into law House Bill 390, which, among other matters, clarifies the status of...
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On June 27, 2016, the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee revived previously introduced legislation...
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On June 27, 2016 U.S. EPA finalized a regulation under the Clean Water Act that prohibits the discharge of wastewater from...
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