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On June 1, 2020, the Seventh District Court of Appeals once again addressed the level of diligence required to identify holders...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, "2006 DMA", Dormant Mineral Act,
On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an Order partially granting a motion to stay a Montana District Court’s injunction...
Tags: Nationwide Permit 12, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On June 4, 2020, U.S. EPA proposed a rule to improve the consistency and transparency of benefit cost analyses (BCAs) for all...
Tags: Clean Air Act, cost benefit analysis, Energy, Environment
On June 1, 2020, U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the rules governing the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality...
Tags: 401, Clean Water Act, water quality certification, Energy,
On May 21, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for a lessee in an oil and gas lease dispute, finding that the lessee...
Tags: Post-Production Costs, Royalties, Oil and Gas, Energy
Recently, in Peppertree Farms v. Thonen, 2020-Ohio-3043, Ohio's Fifth Appellate District considered whether certain ancient...
Tags: Exceptions, 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Oil and Gas,
The Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing, recently reached out to Ohio's "land...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Land Professionals, Landman,
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that a permit is required for either “a direct discharge of...
Tags: Clean Water Act, groundwater, Discharge, Energy,
On April 21, 2020, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule amending the...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled that a certain group of landowners were not entitled to...
Tags: Tolling, Ohio, Statute of Limitation, Oil and Gas,
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