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Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

Ohio's 5th Appellate District Addresses the Due Diligence Standard Under the Dormant Mineral Act

The Fifth Appellate District recently addressed whether an internet search to identify / locate the holders of severed mineral...


Tags: Ohio, DMA, Oil and Gas, Energy,

On June 19, 2019, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals decided a case involving the interplay of a private oil and gas lease...


Tags: Unitization, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy

Four years after the Supreme Court of Ohio struck down the City of Munroe Falls’ attempt to regulate oil and gas development...


Tags: Zoning, Oil and Gas, Energy

On March 29, 2019, U.S. EPA finalized a New Owner Clean Air Act (CAA) Audit Program for new owners of upstream oil and natural...


Tags: Clean Air Act, Audit, Oil and Gas, Energy,

Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals was recently asked to analyze whether a fee oil and gas reservation can be extinguished...


Tags: OMTA, 'Utica Shale', Ohio, MTA,

Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision upholding the constitutionality of Ohio’s statutory...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Unitization, Ohio, Pooling,

On December 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio clarified the preservation of interests under the Ohio Marketable Title Act...


Tags: OMTA, 'Utica Shale', Ohio Marketable Title Act, Oil and Gas,

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, employees who are covered by the Act’s overtime provisions must receive overtime pay...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Marcellus Shale, Fair Labor Standards Act, Oil and Gas,

The Supreme Court of Ohio held last week that a proposed voter initiative creating a Community Bill of Rights for the City of...


Tags: Community Bill of Rights, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy,

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