Earlier this year, we brought you our first quarter update on major developments in oil and gas law in Texas and throughout the country. Now, we are back with our second quarter update. We began 2Q17 with a discussion of the intersection of the oil patch with class actions and the Fair Labor Standards Act; the federal government’s liability for the environmental cleanup of refinery waste; and a shortsighted discovery ruling that could have left the Dakota…
Everything You Need to Know About Oil and Gas Law—2Q17 Edition
Dewan: A Watershed Overtime Opinion for the Energy Industry
Overtime. It’s the law. We get it. But just who, when, and in what amounts is not always clear. An opinion delivered by Judge Harmon this week, in Dewan v. M-I, L.L.C. (2016 Westlaw 695717, Feb. 22, 2016), provides clarity in this murky area, much-needed particularly in the oil industry. Dewan holds that “mud men” or “mud engineers” are exempt from overtime under the “administrative” exception. Dear Energy Industry, this is a watershed moment. This…