In the normal course, when landowners believe they have been underpaid royalties under an oil-and-gas lease, they sue individually. Most of the time the core claim is for breach of contract (notwithstanding that royalty-underpayment petitions are often littered with tertiary, throw-away causes of action that no one takes very seriously). As I have written in […]
The Troubling Intersection of Royalty Disputes and Consumer Protection Laws
Texas Supreme Court to Mineral Purchasers: Buyer Beware!
In the latest episode of our energy law podcast, learn about offset wells and liquidated damages as unenforceable penalties; the arrival of anti-SLAPP in the oil patch; and the Texas Supreme Court’s warning to mineral purchasers: buyer beware.
Pitfalls and Best Practices Surrounding Digital Signatures in the Oil Patch and Beyond
In the latest episode of our energy law podcast, the managing partner of Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC‘s Houston office, Marcy Rothman, discusses pitfalls and best practices surrounding digital signatures in the oil patch and beyond.