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PA Court: Rule of Capture Does Not Apply to Hydraulic Fracturing

USA - April 9 2018 On April 2, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that hydraulic fracturing that results in the extraction of natural gas from adjoining land may…

Jonathan T. Blank, Anthony J. Carna, Branden P. Moore

Pa. Supreme Court denies equitable tolling of oil and gas lease’s primary term

USA - February 24 2015 Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, on certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, ruled that the primary…

Jonathan T. Blank, Anthony J. Carna, Branden P. Moore, Paul K. Stockman

Pennsylvania Court enforces change of ownership clause

USA - October 8 2014 On September 29, 2014, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled on a case of first impression in a dispute over whether an oil and gas land lease was…

Jonathan T. Blank, Anthony J. Carna, Jamie A. Edwards, Paul K. Stockman

Fourth Circuit vacates gas royalties class certification on ascertainability and Dukes commonality analysis

USA - August 20 2014 On August 19, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of CNX Gas Company, LLC, EQT Production Company, and…

Jonathan T. Blank, Kristin A. Davis, James F. Neale, Larissa LPC Sneathern, Paul K. Stockman

Pennsylvania Court holds coal severance deeds waive pipeline company’s right to support, recover damages

USA - July 31 2014 On July 29, 2014, in Pennsylvania Services Corp. v. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 2014 Pa. Super. 164 (Pa. Super. 2014), the Superior Court of…

Jonathan T. Blank, Anthony J. Carna, Leonard J. Marsico, Paul K. Stockman