Today, in its Order List, the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari in Jon D. Walker, Jr. v. Patricia J....
Tags: Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act, DMA, Oil and Gas,
On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("Service") published a final rule listing the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee...
Tags: Energy, Environment
In May of 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. E.P.A., alleging that the agency failed to review and revise its regulations...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, EPA, "horizontal drilling", Energy,
Ohio producers will soon be able to transport more natural gas out of the state. In a recent article, the U.S. Energy Information...
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In a recent decision, Harper v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Dist., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a qui tam...
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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...
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On October 17, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management released a Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Internet-Based Lease Sale for...
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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,...
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